Government translation services
Translation services for public authorities and the European Union
Official translation for public authorities since 1998
SMG Languages’ SMG Legal and SMG Finance teams specialise in translating administrative texts into foreign languages. Our clients include regional, provincial and municipal authorities, ministries, other government bodies and EU agencies.
We have provided translation services under contract to






Areas of specialisation
International cooperation:
We regularly provide translation and interpreting services to numerous regional and provincial administrations for international and cross-border cooperation initiatives.
European Regional Development Fund (ERDF):
We translate documents relating to ERDF policies and joint European projects in areas such as cultural promotion, social inclusion, technological innovation, health and environmental protection.
Interreg:
We have translated a large number of documents for cross-border and transnational projects under the Interreg III and Interreg IV programmes.
Regional marketing:
We translate books and brochures for regional promotion on behalf of a number of provincial and regional authorities under contract.
Mobility:
Multilingual editorial projects, particularly in the field of intermodal transport.
Community agricultural policy:
Translation services for documents relating to the Common Agricultural Policy, with particular reference to food safety and food security.
Civil protection:
We have provided urgent translation services to the Civil Protection Service during crises, including in 2010 and 2012.
Social welfare:
SMG Languages has been awarded contracts to provide translation services to the Italian National Social Security Institute.
Statistics:
Regional and national statistics.
Our government translation services are available in:
European languages:
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Gaelic, German, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovakian, Slovenian, Spanish, and Swedish.
European regional and minority languages:
Basque, Breton, Catalan, Frisian, Friulan, Galician, Welsh, Neapolitan, Occitan and Sardinian.
Other languages:
Albanian, Arabic, Chinese, Farsi, Filipino, Hebrew, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Moldavan, Norwegian, Punjabi, Russian, Serbian, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, and Vietnamese.
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