The Translation Centre recruits external language providers exclusively via formal tender procedures, which are published on the TED eProcurement platform and on the Centre’s website. However, on a very exceptional basis (especially, but not limited to, unusual domains and/or language combinations) we assign different language services by negotiated procedure (specific contracts), provided that you satisfy the following conditions:
1. You are based in an EU Member State, or
2. You are an EU citizen living in a non-EU Member State and you work as a freelance (non-EU based agencies do not fit in this category).
If you satisfy the above-mentioned criteria and offer translation, editing (monolingual revision of a text), post-editing (full and light post-editing), subtitling or transcription services from and into EU languages, please monitor this page. We will post any vacancies that might arise from time to time to meet our needs, with due instructions on how to apply to become a language service provider for the Translation Centre under negotiated procedures.
Please note that the Translation Centre is not currently looking for language service providers and spontaneous applications are therefore no longer being accepted.
Non-EU languages
The Translation Centre is also seeking language providers able to work in language pairs from EU into non-EU languages (regional and minority languages included) or from non-EU into non-EU languages (e.g. Chinese into Japanese). For such language combinations (EU into non-EU and non-EU into non-EU), we encourage EU citizens and linguistic service providers to also get in touch with us by following the above-mentioned procedure (points 1 and 2).
Data protection
The personal data submitted in your CV and completed application form will be processed pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and on the free movement of such data.
The Centre will process this data solely to analyse your application in order to register language service providers in the database. The forms will be kept for a maximum period of 12 months after receipt and will be destroyed/erased after that date.
For details concerning the processing of your personal data, please contact the Centre (freelance-database@cdt.europa.eu) or the Centre’s Data Protection Officer (data-protection@cdt.europa.eu).