Permanent open competition of the Court of Justice of the European
Union seeking freelance translators for translation into English
The legal translation service is responsible for translating legal documents of the Court
of Justice of the European Union. The service translates a wide variety of legal texts
including procedural documents, opinions of Advocates General, judgments, orders, etc.
It ensures the efficient running of judicial proceedings and the multilingual
dissemination of the Court's decisions, giving all EU citizens access to justice and case-
law at a European level, whatever their language.
Around one-third of texts are translated by external collaborators (freelance
translators). These can be natural or legal persons with which the institution enters into
a contract, on the basis of strict confidentiality rules, and with which it maintains close
working relations. Translations are expected to be of very high quality and freelancers
receive appropriate support and assistance from the Court's translation service in order
to achieve this objective.
The English translation unit translates legal texts into English and works with numerous
freelance translators who are selected by means of contract notices. The Court has an
ongoing procurement procedure to select freelance translators for translation into
English. Selection will be on the basis of translation tests (which are completed
remotely) and new contracts will have a duration of up to four years.
Interested translators can familiarise themselves with the rules and procedure by
consulting the Court's website (https://curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/p1_268713/en/).
Under the current tender, the English translation unit is seeking translators working into
English from the following languages: Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL),
Spanish (ES), French (FR), Irish (GA), Italian (IT), Lithuanian (LT), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL)
and Swedish (SV). Translators may apply for one or for several language combinations
(lots). The Court publishes new tenders at periodic intervals, at which point new lots
may be introduced. Please visit our website regularly for updates on the launch of
new procedures.
Requests for further information can be sent to: FreelanceTenderEN@curia.europa.eu
