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Translating our pages
Find information to help you, or someone you know, to translate the information on our website using BSL or if English is not your first language.
British sign language (BSL)
If you're deaf and require a British Sign Language version, you can use Convo to connect to us via an interpreter for free.
Translating our website
There are many ways to translate the information on our website, most of them are free. Browsers like Chrome and Safari can translate pages into over 100 languages. You can also use other resources and add-ons.
You can:
- find out how to change Chrome languages and translate web pages
- find out how to translate a web page in Safari on Mac
- download the Read&Write browser extension which has a built-in translator
You can also use Google Translate to convert the page:
- Copy the address of the page you want to translate
- Visit Google Translate
- Select to translate from English to your preferred language
- Paste the address of the web page into the 'Website' box
- Click the 'Translate' arrow button
The translated page will open in a new tab or window and will continue to translate as you browse other pages on the website.
Croydon Council translation policy
Croydon Council does not offer the option to automatically translate website content into other languages.
This is because:
- automatic translations may not be fully reliable or accurate
- automatically translating into other languages may cause display issues, such as font rendering problems or style sheet glitches
- auto-translation can interfere with assistive technologies or language support tools relied on by users