English translation
Hi! The English site is only a beta for now and still has many errors (especially in names and locations).
We are working hard to fix them and making more content available than ever before so expect constant updates.
Provision of information in English
Description of the action and objectives
Green Deal action
Increased availability of City information in English to facilitate the integration of foreign residents into the community.
Implementation period
Planned completion in the second half of 2023
Status: In progress
Status report on January 1, 2024
Most pages on Reykjavik.is are mirrored in clear, simple English with the same vocabulary and style. This ensures non-native Icelandic speakers have the same information as those who read Icelandic.
Older status reports
| Timing | Progress description | |
| July 2023 | Processes have been established for reviewed machine translations on the City's website. Experiments with information pages in Polish and transitioning English translations from pilot phase are ongoing. | |
| January 2023 | Reykjavík City's Web Division is constantly working to update the City's website to make it more compatible with machine translation engines and to improve the engine's Icelandic to improved automatic translations. Work is underway to complete the draft English version of the website and remove the disclaimer. Testing of Polish translations is proceeding, as well as the ongoing collection of material for the Polish language corpus in relation to a development project from the government's language technology plan. A review of Reykjavík's web policy is taking place. | |
| July 2022 | Reykjavík City's Web Division is constantly working to update the City's website to make it more compatible with machine translation engines and to improve the engine's Icelandic to improved automatic translations. Reykjavík City's Web Division is constantly working to update the City's website to make it more compatible with machine translation engines and to improve the engine's Icelandic to improved automatic translations. Efforts are underway to fix all known issues on the English website and its connections. Continuing on, the focus for the next quarter is on receiving better proposals from translation providers and linking glossaries for names and places. |
Connection of action to Reykjavík City's policies:
Reykjavík City departments:
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| Reykjavík City's Action Plan Against Violence 2022-2024 | 2024 | Human Rights & Democracy Office |
| Inclusion, immigrants, and origin | Ongoing | Human Rights & Democracy Office |
| Accessibility and disabled people | Ongoing | Human Rights & Democracy Office |
| Provision of information in English | 2023 |
Department of Welfare Department of Service & Innovation |
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