Translation services are very imperative to all sectors, that is, public and private sectors. Different government offices may have an official language which is not used by all people as their primary language, most especially those from different countries. For example, countries like the UK and United States of America that have a large number of immigrants couldn’t risk avoiding translations and interpreting services in their government offices.

Translation services in several government offices

It’s not only business offices where translation services are necessary, in fact; government facilities will need translations, much as the English language is one of the official languages in most of the offices, a majority of people who seek public services may not be fluent in English hence translation into their native language is the only way to help such people. That is why I say, “Translation and interpreting services are so vital in the country where the English language is dominant”. This is because, supposing foreigners are many in the country, we are much aware that they speak different native languages from their home countries where English is not recognized, they have to be helped to communicate in case they need help from any of the government offices.

Various government offices where translation services are applicable and so vital;

Government offices are public places where a majority of people go for social services irrespective of their cultures, languages, tribes, gender, nationalities and etc. such offices include;

Immigration offices, education offices, agricultural offices, local government and central government, legal offices, medical offices like hospitals and clinics and many others.

Most governments like in the UK and the USA employ translation and interpreting services to enable effective communication with the people speaking different languages when they visit any public place.

A majority of government offices rely on translations that are provided by professional translation companies to enable them to run their daily activities well with other governments or individual international companies that they pattern with.

In the USA, the government has what is called the “office of language services”. This office ensures effective communication with the non-English speaking people and governments as well, not only immigrants by providing high-level interpreting and translation support to the Executive Office of the president, the department of the state and other US government agencies like the federal government.

The office of language services further employs roughly 60 diplomatic/conference interpreters, translators and administrative officers on staff. That means translation remains a key and an integral factor to all governments and private sectors in some countries.

Why translation services should be emphasized in government offices is that a country like the USA for example, though the English language has about 231,947,071 speakers, there are other languages that exist with a large number of speakers such as; Spanish, Chinese, Tagalog, Vietnamese, French, Korean, German and others.

All in all, clear communication between two or more people speaking different languages means translation or interpretation existed in place.