Get translation and interpretation support

Translate website pages or speak with staff in over 240 language at city facilities.

 On this page:

  1. Translate pages with your web browser
  2. Use the website translate tool
  3. Get live interpretation at city facilities
  4. Contact us

Translate pages with your web browser

Most browsers can translate pages automatically. Find the Translate button near the web address bar. The icon may show letters or a speech bubble. Chooose your preferred language from the list.

For step-by-step instructions, visit your browser’s support site:

Use the website translate tool

If you can’t translate using your browser, use the Translate tool in the waterloo.ca footer to view pages in other languages, including Afrikaans, Albanian, Amharic, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Basque, Belarusian, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Cebuano, Chichewa, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Corsican, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Esperanto, Estonian, Filipino, Finnish, French, Frisian, Galician, Georgian, German, Greek, Gujarati, Haitian Creole, Hausa, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hindi, Hmong, Hungarian, Icelandic, Igbo, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Javanese, Kannada, Kazakh, Khmer, Korean, Kurdish (Kurmanji), Kyrgyz, Lao, Latin, Latvian, Lithuanian, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Malagasy, Malay, Malayalam, Maltese, Maori, Marathi, Mongolian, Myanmar (Burmese), Nepali, Norwegian, Pashto, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Samoan, Scottish Gaelic, Serbian, Sesotho, Shona, Sindhi, Sinhala, Slovak, Slovenian, Somali, Spanish, Sudanese, Swahili, Swedish, Tajik, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Welsh, Xhosa, Yiddish, Yoruba, and Zulu.

Translation accuracy
Translation tools on waterloo.ca are provided by third-party companies. The City of Waterloo cannot guarantee that these translations are always correct. The original English version is the official and most accurate version.

Get live interpretation at city facilities

We are updating our interpretation services.

If you need language or communication support, contact us before your visit or appointment when possible. For appointments or more detailed services, we can arrange an interpreter at no cost. Availability is limited while we transition to a new service.

Contact us

If you can’t translate a page or need support using interpretation services, email diversityandinclusion@waterloo.ca.