Deadline:
February 28, 2026
Program Starts: March 15, 2025
Program Ends: October 01, 2025
Location(s)
Belgium
Brussels
Overview
A paid traineeship of 5 months with the European Commission (or some executive bodies and agencies of the European Institutions like, for instance, the European External Action Service or Executive Agency for Competitiveness and Innovation), starting on either 1st March or 1st October.
Details
The Directorate-General for Translation (DGT) ensures the translation of texts into and out of the 24 official languages of the European Union. It is organized into language departments dealing exclusively with written texts.
Responsibilities of DGT:
- translate laws, policy papers, reports, correspondence, etc. drafted by or sent to the Commission
- help the Commission communicate with the public, thereby helping citizens understand EU policies
- edit original documents drafted by Commission authors
- advise Commission departments on language and on managing multilingual websites
- ensure correct terminology in all official EU languages, as documented in the interinstitutional database IATE
- contribute to the development of advanced data-driven language technologies, and to the digitalisation of multilingual systems and processes
Translation positions are exclusively offered by the Directorate-General for Translation (DGT), representing 5% of the total posts available across the entire Commission and its agencies.
Opportunity is About
Eligibility
Candidates should be from:
Description of Ideal Candidate
Key requirements for translators:
- Language Proficiency: Translators must translate into their target language, typically their mother tongue, from at least two other official EU languages. Given that most documents are to be translated from English (91,6%), French (2.6%), and German (0.8%), at least one of these source languages is required. The remaining EU languages account for 5% of the documents.
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Predominance of English: English is the principal drafting language at the Commission, explaining its high proportion among source documents.
Dates
Deadline: February 28, 2026
Program starts:
March 15, 2025
Program ends:
October 01, 2025
Program Starts: March 15, 2025
Program Ends: October 01, 2025
Cost/funding for participants
The living allowance for the traineeship sessions is about €1.418,20 per month.
Visa costs and related medical fees may be reimbursed together with the travel expenditures.
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