DG Translation delivers multilingual translation and language services for the European Commission across all 24 official EU languages.
This page presents key figures and highlights from 2025.
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Translation and editing volume
- Pages translated2499000.00pagesproduced by DG Translation in the EU's official languages in 2025
- Pages edited48974.00pagesedited by DG Translation in 2025, mostly in English
What we translate
- EU law-making: 57%
- External communication, web content: 15%
- Official documents addressed to EU institutions & national parliaments: 14%
- Other official documents: 9%
- Incoming correspondence: 3%
- Consulting the public on EU policy: 2%
eTranslation: growth over time
2025 was a record year for eTranslation, with more than 890 million pages processed – up from 19 million in 2017 when the service was launched.
- 2025
890 million
- 2024
764 million
- 2023
197 million
- 2022
176 million
- 2021
205 million
- 2020
70 million
- 2019
95 million
- 2018
41 million
- 2017
19 million
DG Translation staff
1895 total staff
68% women / 32% men
56% based in Luxembourg
42% in Brussels, 2% in local offices in EU countries
68% language experts
32% management and support
This page was last updated on 12 August 2026