NSW Government

Translation Services in New South Wales

New South Wales offers translation services for over 50 languages. This allows residents in NSW to access important services and information in their native language.

Languages Available

The following languages are available for translation in NSW:

• English
• Afrikaans
• Albanian
• Arabic
• Armenian
• Azerbaijani
• Basque
• Belarusian
• Bengali
• Bulgarian
• Catalan
• Chinese (Simplified and Traditional)
• Croatian
• Czech
• Danish
• Dutch
• Estonian
• Filipino
• Finnish
• French
• Galician
• Georgian
• German
• Greek
• Gujarati
• Haitian Creole
• Hebrew
• Hindi
• Hungarian
• Icelandic
• Indonesian
• Irish
• Italian
• Japanese
• Khmer
• Korean
• Lao
• Latvian
• Lithuanian
• Macedonian
• Malay
• Malayalam
• Maltese
• Nepali
• Norwegian
• Persian
• Polish
• Portuguese
• Punjabi
• Romanian
• Russian
• Serbian
• Slovak
• Slovenian
• Spanish
• Swahili
• Swedish
• Tamil
• Telugu
• Thai
• Turkish
• Ukrainian
• Urdu
• Vietnamese
• Welsh
• Yiddish

Accessing Translation Services

Residents of NSW can access translation services through:

• MyServiceNSW website – online translation tool allows users to translate webpages into their language
• In person – interpreters available at Service NSW centers across the state
• Over the phone – telephone interpreters available through Service NSW hotline

Benefits

Providing translation services in NSW:

• Improves access to government services for non-English speakers
• Allows important information to be conveyed accurately in different languages
• Facilitates better communication between NSW government and residents

Having high quality translation across many languages makes NSW more inclusive for people from diverse backgrounds. It ensures all residents can stay informed and access services essential to daily life.