How many pages do we translate? *
Target language in %
Pages translated in total
Distribution across products & services
English
12,3%
260 012
French
7,9%
167 184
Full-length translation
German
6,5%
137 942
93,38%
Italian
4,3%
90 099
Spanish
4,2%
88 725
2011
Dutch
4,1%
87 251
Web translation
Portuguese
4,1%
86 334
and editing
Greek
3,9%
83 205
3,37%
—
Polish
3,9%
82 155
Slovak
3,8%
79 273
Products & services
Edit
Bulgarian
3,8%
79 229
3
ing of originals
1,85%
Danish
3,8%
79 180
Czech
3,7%
78 764
Romanian
3,7%
78 461
Written s
Swedish
3,7%
78 308
Lithuanian
3,7%
78 114
Vummary
0,47%
Hungarian
3,7%
78 068
Finnish
3,7%
77 765
Post-edited
machine translation
Slovenian
3,7%
77 707
0,03%
Latvian
3,6%
76 629
We make written information about
Estonian
3,6%
76 242
the European Union accessible to citizens
Maltese
3,5%
73 967
Oral summary
by translating it into their languages.
Irish
0,6%
12 782
0,15%
Translation in figures
We provide linguistic advice and services
Other
0,2%
4 538
— including web translation —
100%
to the European Commission.
Translation hotline
Pages translated in total:
2 111 934
0,76%
ec.europa.eu/dgs/translation
* in 2011
Translation
Nationalities
Global staff figures*
Function groups
B elgian
228 (9,9 %)
S enior Managers
7 (0,3 %)
G erman
157 (6,8 %)
M
iddle Managers
97 (4,2 %)
2011 +
B ritish
136 (5,9 %)
T ranslators
1 390 (60,1 %)
LU AT
Italian
127 (5,5 %)
IE
W
eb translators
104 (4,5 %)
NL
G reek
127 (5,5 %)
BE
MT
F ield Officers
28 (1,2 %)
S panish
121 (5,2 %)
A dministrators
153 (6,6 %)
BG
F rench
109 (4,7 %)
A ssistants
533 (23,1 %)
2007
P ortuguese
108 (4,7 %)
LV
D
T otal
2 312
F innish
104 (4,5 %)
E
2011
Romanian
90 (3,9 %)
SK
4,2 %
P olish
89 (3,8 %)
2004
S wedish
80 (3,5 %)
—
Lithuanian
79 (3,4 %)
CZ
23,1 %
C zech
79 (3,4 %)
I
Luxembourg
T
B ulgarian
78 (3,4 %)
SI
Hungarian
77 (3,3 %)
1995
Danish
76 (3,3 %)
Slo
venian
72 (3,1 %)
Men
EE
Est
onian
71 (3,1 %)
6
34 %
,
Women
Field Offices
E
6
1986
Slo
vak
70 (3,0 %)
S
L atvian
69 (3,0 %)
L
%
T
66 %
Malt
ese
64 (2,8 %)
1,2%
1981
D utch
44 (1,9 %)
4
e 2007.
Irish
32 (1,4 %)
RO
,5
L uxembourgish
14 (0,6 %)
%
Brussels
60,1 %
1973
age sinc
A ustrian
11 (0,5 %)
EL
T otal
2 312
HU
, official langu
ds
ar
P
w
L
UK
Gender
Place of employment
S
Translation in figures
1958
E
om 1973 on
B russels
1 125 (48,7 %)
’ fr
W
omen
1527 (66 %)
D
PT
L uxembourg
1 159 (50,1 %)
age
Men
785 (34 %)
A
F ield Offices
28 (1,2 %)
angu
T otal
2 312
FI
FR
ese
y L
T otal
2 312
onian
vak venian
edish
tuguese
ch
zech st
atvian
alt olish lo lo innish w or
reek
ut rench erman
Treat
rish *
talian
* Figures for 2011: permanent and temporary
23. Bulgarian 22. I 21. Romanian
20. C 19. E 18. Hungarian 17. L 16. Lithuanian 15. M 14. P 13. S 12. S
11. F 10. S
9. P 8. Spanish
6. Danish 5. English
7. G
4. D 3. F 2. G 1. I
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