Language Services for the U.S. Federal Government

The U.S. Government looks to its language partners to help meet unique language needs, including: 

• Timely analysis of foreign language information, both written and spoken, with an emphasis on law enforcement and the Global War on Terror
• Effective outreach to constituents and equal access to government services, no matter what language the constituents speak
• International diplomacy and commerce

Building our language expertise since 1986 (as Berlitz, then Bowne Global), Lionbridge is now an industry-leading dedicated language service provider, with twenty-five years of experience serving the U.S. Federal Government. We stand ready to support government clients with in-depth expertise, uncompromising quality, and industry best practices.

Lionbridge’s government customers have access to:

• Thousands of U.S.-based linguists in over 300 languages, many with security clearances
• Advanced and in-depth testing for all linguists, regardless of language, based on the ILR scale 
• A worldwide linguist pool, leveraging Lionbridge’s global footprint and offices in 26 countries 
• Government-specific project management expertise 
• A robust technology infrastructure to support client reporting, process efficiency, and quality language service output 
• An established network of system integrators and small business partners

We offer: 

• Linguist placement, inside or outside the continental U.S.
• Website and document translation and localization 
• In-person and telephone interpretation 
• Wiretap monitors 
• Language technology 
• Foreign media analysis 
• Website search relevancy 
• eLearning (all languages) 
• Technical writing (all languages)

The Department of Defense, the intelligence community and civilian agencies like the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security rely on us as an extension of their in-house capabilities. Examples of our past performance include: 

• Recruiting, testing, training and scheduling court interpreters 70,000 times a year, in 300+ languages and at 100 different U.S. locations 
• Conducting training for bi-lingual agents to improve their skills in interpretation and translation 
• Placing high-level linguists to assist with the war on terrorism

Lionbridge is the U.S. Government’s language service provider of choice for time-sensitive rare language requirements. We provide languages from Arabic to Zarma and everything in between – all with the emphasis on quality that Lionbridge is known for. In fact, over the years, U.S. Government customers have turned to Lionbridge for help with their specific language needs over one million times – and counting.

• DUNS #: GS10F0226J
• Cage Code: 309E9
• GSA Contract #: 16-711-5158 (view GSA Schedule, pdf)
• NAICS (primary): 541930