Municipal-related terms have been compiled in multiple languages and published as the Language Asset Database for Local Governments. Anyone can access and view it freely.
A bilingual glossary of commonly used municipal terms, compiled and shared
Many terms used by local governments are commonly shared, but it can be difficult to decide how to write them or how to translate them into multiple languages.
The Language Asset Database for Local Governments compiles terms used by local governments in a bilingual format, based on data created by Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture. You can view both the original Japanese and their translations side by side. By consolidating the terms that were previously collected and translated individually by each local government, we aim to share which terms are being used and how they are translated, making information easier to understand for everyone.
This data is available under a Creative Commons BY license and can be freely accessed by anyone. We also use our Cistate TranslationDB Browser to store, search, and edit bilingual data.
Accessing the Language Asset Database for Local Governments
The Language Asset Database for Local Governments is available at the following link.
URL: https://jichitai.translation-db.com/view
Supported languages: English, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Nepali, Portuguese, Spanish, Tagalog (more coming soon)
Source
Nagoya City Translation Resources: Bilingual Terminology List for Local Governments (March 9, 2023 edition) https://github.com/tr4lg/nagoya-dataset
Provided under the Creative Commons License (Attribution 4.0 International). https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en
We received valuable advice from Professor Rei Miyata (The University of Tokyo), who was involved in building and publishing translation resources for Nagoya City, during the processing and release of our data.
The Language Asset Database for Local Governments aims to support multilingual information dissemination by local governments, and we will continue to expand the collection of terms and supported languages in the future.
Contact Us About This Matter
03-6878-5788
Contact: Tanaka
