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Germany – Translation Services – Provision of Legal Translation and Other Related Activities in Several EU Official Languages (BG, FR, HR, HU, PL, RO, SL)

Issued by European Central Bank · via TED — Tenders Electronic Daily (EU)

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Published
29 Oct 2026
Closes
27 Nov 2026, 23:59 UTC
Reference
750606-2026
Location
Germany
Sector
Financial & Professional Services
Type
services

At a glance

European Central Bank in Germany has published an invitation to bid in financial & professional services: “Germany – Translation Services – Provision of Legal Translation and Other Related Activities in Several EU Official Languages (BG, FR, HR, HU, PL, RO, SL)”. Submissions close on 27 November 2026, 30 days from today. Quote reference 750606-2026 in any correspondence with the buyer. One document is attached to this notice. FreeTender has recorded 2 notices from this buyer since 2026, 2 of them currently open. There are 632 open financial & professional services notices in Germany on FreeTender. Bids are submitted to the buyer through TED — Tenders Electronic Daily (EU), not through FreeTender.

Details

The European Central Bank (ECB) is seeking through this open procedure suppliers for the remote and onsite provision of legal translation and other related activities in several EU official languages (BG, FR, HR, HU, PL, RO, SL). Each language represents one Lot.

Lots Lot 1 — Provision of Legal translation and other related activities in Bulgarian: Remote and onsite provision of legal translation and other related activities in EU official language - Bulgarian. The Deliverables consist of: - translation of legal texts drafted in English into Bulgarian; - occasionally, reverse translation of legal texts drafted in Bulgarian into English; - revision (including but not limited to editing and proof-reading) of legal texts drafted in Bulgarian; and - terminology work, including the extraction, compilation and linguistic checking of terminology as well as the alignment of documents. Lot 2 — Provision of Legal translation and other related activities in French.: Remote and onsite provision of legal translation and other related activities in EU official language - French. The Deliverables consist of: - translation of legal texts drafted in English into French; - occasionally, reverse translation of legal texts drafted in French into English; - revision (including but not limited to editing and proof-reading) of legal texts drafted in French; and - terminology work, including the extraction, compilation and linguistic checking of terminology as well as the alignment of documents. Tenderers for Lot 2 may also propose Individuals to provide Deliverables in the optional language combinations Italian–French and/or German–French. These Individuals shall be the same persons proposed for the English–French language combination. Lot 3 — Provision of Legal translation and other related activities in Croatian.: Remote and onsite provision of legal translation and other related activities in EU official language - Croatian. The Deliverables consist of: - translation of legal texts drafted in English into Croatian; - occasionally, reverse translation of legal texts drafted in Croatian into English; - revision (including but not limited to editing and proof-reading) of legal texts drafted in Croatian; and - terminology work, including the extraction, compilation and linguistic checking of terminology as well as the alignment of documents. Lot 4 — Provision of Legal translation and other related activities in Hungarian.: Remote and onsite provision of legal translation and other related activities in EU official language - Hungarian. The Deliverables consist of: - translation of legal texts drafted in English into Hungarian; - occasionally, reverse translation of legal texts drafted in Hungarian into English; - revision (including but not limited to editing and proof-reading) of legal texts drafted in Hungarian; and - terminology work, including the extraction, compilation and linguistic checking of terminology as well as the alignment of documents. Lot 5 — Provision of Legal translation and other related activities in Polish.: Remote and onsite provision of legal translation and other related activities in EU official language - Polish. The Deliverables consist of: - translation of legal texts drafted in English into Polish; - occasionally, reverse translation of legal texts drafted in Polish into English; - revision (including but not limited to editing and proof-reading) of legal texts drafted in Polish; and - terminology work, including the extraction, compilation and linguistic checking of terminology as well as the alignment of documents. Lot 6 — Provision of Legal translation and other related activities in Romanian.: Remote and onsite provision of legal translation and other related activities in EU official language - Romanian. The Deliverables consist of: - translation of legal texts drafted in English into Romanian; - occasionally, reverse translation of legal texts drafted in Romanian into English; - revision (including but not limited to editing and proof-reading) of legal texts drafted in Romanian; and - terminology work, including the extraction, compilation and linguistic checking of terminology as well as the alignment of documents. Lot 7 — Provision of Legal translation and other related activities in Slovenian.: Remote and onsite provision of legal translation and other related activities in EU official language - Slovenian. The Deliverables consist of: - translation of legal texts drafted in English into Slovenian; - occasionally, reverse translation of legal texts drafted in Slovenian into English; - revision (including but not limited to editing and proof-reading) of legal texts drafted in Slovenian; and - terminology work, including the extraction, compilation and linguistic checking of terminology as well as the alignment of documents.

Buyer: European Central Bank

Buyer country: DEU

Procedure: open

CPV code: 79530000

Full notice, tender documents and how to bid are on the official TED page (link above).

Context for bidders

We hold 2 notices from European Central Bank, going back to October 2026 — 2 of them still open. There are 632 open Financial & Professional Services tenders in Germany. This one closes in 30 days.

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