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

Below you can find older status reports with information on the progress of the action since its inception (if you're using your phone, it's better to turn it sideways).
  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:

 

Related actions

The table below contains actions related to this initiative, and you can access more information by clicking on the "action title" in the table (if you're using your phone, it's better to turn it sideways).
Action name Completion Departments
My Neighborhood Ongoing Human Rights & Democracy Office
Department of Environment & Planning
Reykjavík Rainbow Certification Ongoing Human Rights & Democracy Office
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