We group our languages based on how difficult they are to translate and interpret.
There are three groups: Top Tier and Second Tier and Other Languages. Top tier being the easiest and the secoind tier being difficult.
If the language you require does not appear on this list please contact us to see if we can help.
Translation
Top tier languages |
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Albanian, Arabic, Farsi, Gujarati, Hindi, Panjabi, Polish, Somali, Tamil, Urdu. |
Second tier languages |
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Bengali, Cantonese, Dari, French, Italian, Lithuanian, Mandarin, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish. |
Face-to-face interpreting
Top tier languages |
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Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Dari, Farsi, French, Gujarati, Hindi, Kurdish, Lithuanian, Mandarin, Panjabi, Pashto, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Somali, Tamil, Turkish, Urdu. |
Second tier languages |
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Amharic, Assyrian, Bulgarian, Cantonese, Croatian, Italian, Japanese, Lingala, Nepalese, Romanian, Spanish, Swahili, Sylheti, Tigriniya, Vietnamese. |
Telephone interpreting
Top tier languages |
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Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Dari, Farsi, French, Gujarati, Hindi, Kurdish, Lithuanian, Mandarin, Panjabi, Pashto, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Somali, Tamil, Turkish, Urdu. |
Second tier languages |
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Amharic, Assyrian, Bulgarian, Cantonese, Croatian, Italian, Japanese, Lingala, Nepalese, Romanian, Spanish, Swahili, Sylheti, Tigriniya, Vietnamese. |
Contact us
Book an interpreter or to request translation of a document
Translation and Interpreting Services
Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
You can call us during office hours on our Language Helpline:
Tel: 020 8583 2299
Fax: 020 8583 3071
E-mail: interpreters@hounslow.gov.uk
Our offices are open from Monday to Friday 8.30am to 5.30pm.