FOI_7568

Internal Reference Number: FOI_7568

Date Request Received: 22/11/2023 00:00:00

Date Request Replied To: 29/11/2023 00:00:00

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Request Summary: translation costs

Request Category: Private Individuals


Question Number 1: For the last financial year, what was the total amount spent on translation costs? Can you provide a breakdown of these costs by language translated.

Answer To Question 1: In FY 22-23 we spent a total on £34,297 on interpreting services. Breakdown is as follows - Language Total bookings % of usage Akan 1 0.45% Arabic - All or Any 11 4.95% Bengali (Dhaka) 10 4.50% Bengali (Sylheti) 2 0.90% Bulgarian 11 4.95% Chinese (Cantonese) 5 2.25% Chinese (Mandarin) 2 0.90% Dutch 1 0.45% Farsi 5 2.25% French 1 0.45% Hindi 2 0.90% Italian 2 0.90% Kurdish (Sorani) 5 2.25% Latvian 2 0.90% Nepali 15 6.76% Pashto 2 0.90% Polish 63 28.38% Portuguese (Portugal European) 4 1.80% Romanian 28 12.61% Russian 26 11.71% Spanish 4 1.80% Thai 5 2.25% Turkish 3 1.35% Ukrainian 12 5.41% 222 100.00%

Question Number 2: Do you hire any dedicated translators? If so provide details of how many, total salary cost and for what language

Answer To Question 2: None

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