Languages

If you need an interpreter, please:

• call the Translating and Interpreting Service (TIS National) on 131 450; and
• ask the TIS to telephone DEEWR Enquiries on 1300 363 079.

TIS National business hours are 8am to 6pm, Monday to Friday.

The Translating and Interpreting Service offers interpreter support in 171 languages. See the full list of languages below.

• العربية (Arabic)

  إذا كنتم بحاجة إلى مترجم، الرجاء الاتصال بخدمة الترجمة الخطية والشفهية (TIS National) على الرقم 131 450، والطلب منهم الاتصال بوكالتكمDEEWR Enquiries على الرقم 1300 363 079. أوقات عملنا هي 8am-6pm, Monday-Friday. ‎

• 廣東話 (Cantonese)

  若你需要口譯員，請致電131 450聯絡翻譯和口譯服務署（TIS National），要求他們致電1300 363 079聯絡 DEEWR Enquiries。我們的工作時間是8am-6pm, Monday-Friday。

• Ελληνικά (Greek)

  Aν χρειάζεστε διερμηνέα, παρακαλείστε να τηλεφωνήσετε στην Υπηρεσία Μετάφρασης και Διερμηνείας (Εθνική Υπηρεσία TIS) στο 131 450 και ζητήστε να τηλεφωνήσουν DEEWR Enquiries στο 1300 363 079. Οι ώρες λειτουργίας μας είναι 8am-6pm, Monday-Friday.

• 한국어/조선말 (Korean)

  통역사가 필요하시면 번역통역서비스 (TIS National)에 131 450으로 연락하여 이들에게 1300 363 079번으로 DEEWR Enquiries에 전화하도록 요청하십시오. 저희의 근무시간은 8am-6pm, Monday-Friday입니다.

• 官話 (Mandarin)

  如果你需要口译员，请致电131 450联系翻译和口译服务署（TIS National），要求他们致电1300 363 079联系DEEWR Enquiries。我们的工作时间是8am-6pm, Monday-Friday。

• فارسی (Persian/Farsi)

  اگر به مترجم شفاهی نیاز دارید لطفاً به "خدمات ترجمه کتبی و شفاهی" (TIS National) – شماره 131 450 – تلفن کنید و از آنها بخواهید به DEEWR Enquiries ــ شماره 1300 363 079 – تلفن کنند. ساعات کار ما 8am-6pm, Monday-Friday است. ‎

• Русский (Russian)

  Если вам нужен переводчик, то позвоните в Службу письменного и устного перевода (TIS National) по номеру 131 450 и скажите переводчику, что вам нужно позвонить в DEEWR Enquiries по номеру 1300 363 079. Наш распорядок работы: 8am-6pm, Monday-Friday.

• Српски / Srpski (Serbian)

  Ако вам је потребан тумач, молимо вас да позовете Службу преводилаца и тумача (Translating and Interpreting Service - TIS National) на 131 450 и замолите их да позову DEEWR Enquiries на 1300 363 079. Наше радно време је 8am-6pm, Monday-Friday.

• Español (Spanish)

  Si necesita intérprete, llame al Servicio de Traducción e Interpretación - Translating and Interpreting Service (TIS National) al 131 450 y pídales que llamen a DEEWR Enquiries al 1300 363 079. Nuestro horario de atención es 8am-6pm, Monday-Friday.

• Türkçe (Turkish)

  Tercümana ihtiyacınız varsa, 131 450 numaralı telefondan Yazılı ve Sözlü Tercüme Servisini (TIS National) arayınız ve sizi 1300 363 079 numaralı telefondan DEEWR Enquiries ile görüştürmelerini isteyiniz. Çalışma saatlerimiz 8am-6pm, Monday-Friday.

• Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)

  Nếu cần thông ngôn viên, xin quý vị gọi cho Dịch Vụ Thông Phiên Dịch (TIS Toàn Quốc) qua số 131 450 và nhờ họ gọi cho DEEWR Enquiries qua số 1300 363 079. Giờ làm việc của chúng tôi là 8am-6pm, Monday-Friday.

Full list of languages:

• Acehnese (Aceh - Dialect of Indonesia)
• Acholi (Sudanese Language)
• Albanian
• Amharic (Ethiopian)
• Arabic
• Armenian
• Assyrian
• Azerbaijani
• Bari
• Bassa (Nigeria Language)
• Bengali (Indian/Pakistani Language)
• Bosnian
• Bulgarian
• Burmese
• Byelorussian
• Cantonese (Chinese)
• Cebuano (Filipino Dialect )
• Chaldean (Assyrian relative)
• Chin (Burmese Language)
• Croatian
• Czech
• Dan (Liberian Dialect)
• Dari (Afghani)
• Dinka (Sudanese Language)
• Dutch
• Estonian
• Ewe (Dialect of Ghana)
• Falam Chin (Dialect of Chin)
• Fanti (Dialect of Ghana)
• Fijian
• Filipino (Tagalog)
• Finnish
• French
• Fulani (African Language - Widely Used)
• Fullah (language of Sierra Leone)
• Fulliru (Congo Language)
• Fuqing
• Fur (African Language)
• Gan (Dialect of Togo)
• German
• Greek
• Gujarati (Indian Language)
• Hainanese (Chinese)
• Hakka (Chinese)
• Hakka (Timorese)
• Hakka Chin (Dialect of Chin)
• Harari (Dialect of Ethiopia)
• Hazaragi (Dari)
• Hebrew
• Hindi (Indian/Pakistani Language)
• Hmong (Lao - spoken - has script)
• Hokkien (Fukien, Foochow) (Chinese)
• Hungarian
• Ikbo (IBO - Nigeria Language)
• Indonesian
• Italian
• Japanese
• Javanese
• Juba (Sudanese Language)
• Kachin (Dialect of Burma)
• Kakwa (Sudanese Language)
• Kalentin (African Dialect)
• Kannadai (Kannarese-Indian Language)
• Karen (Burmese Language)
• Karenni/Kayah (Dialect of Burmese)
• Kazakh (Turkish Dialect Spoken in USSR)
• Khmer (Kampuchean/Cambodian)
• Kikuyu (African Language - Kenya)
• Kinjanda (African Dialect)
• Kinyarwanda (Rwanda Language)
• Kirghiz
• Kirundi (Burundi Language)
• Kiswahili (East African Language)
• Korean
• Kpelle (Liberia Language)
• Krio (Sierra Leone Language)
• Kuku (Sudanese Language)
• Kurdish (Kurmanji)
• Kurdish (Sorani)
• Lao (Laotian)
• Latin
• Latvian
• Liberian Pidgin
• Lingala (Congo, Zaire - Not Official)
• Lisu (Dialect of Burma)
• Lithuanian
• Loko (Sierra Leone Language)
• Loma (Liberia Language)
• Luo (Sudan Language)
• Luwa (African Language)
• Macedonian
• Madi (Southern Sudan)
• Malaysian (Malay, Cocos Malay)
• Maltese
• Mandarin (Chinese)
• Mandingo (Related to Senegal)
• Maori (Cook Island)
• Maru (Dialect of Burma)
• Matu (Dialect of Chin)
• Mende
• Mina (Dialect of Togo)
• Mizo Chin (Dialect of Chin)
• Moldavian
• Mon (Burmese/Thai)
• Mongolian
• Moru (Southern Sudan)
• Motu (Central Papuan Language)
• Mundari
• Nepali
• Norwegian
• Nuer (Sudanese Language)
• Nyagwara
• Oromo (African Language)
• Pashtu (Pashto - Afghani Language)
• Persian
• Pidgin (Neo-Melanesian)
• Pojulu
• Polish
• Portuguese
• Pukapuka (Cook Island)
• Pulaar (African Language)
• Punjabi (Indian/Pakistani Language)
• Pwo Karen (Dialect of Karen)
• Rohingya (Burmese Language)
• Romanian
• Russian
• Saho (Dialect of Eritrea)
• Samoan
• Serbian
• Sgaw Karen (Dialect of Karen)
• Shan (Burmese Dialect)
• Shanghainese (Shanghai Dialect - Asian Language)
• Sindhi (Indian/Pakistani Language)
• Sinhalese (Sri Lankan Language)
• Siym (Dialect of Chin)
• Slovak
• Slovene
• Somali (African Language)
• Spanish
• Sudanese Arabic (Southern Sudan)
• Sukuma (Tanzania Language)
• Susu (language of Sierra Leone)
• Swahili (Ki-Swahili - African Language)
• Swedish
• Syriac
• Tajik (Afghan language)
• Tamil (Indian/Pakistani Language)
• Tartar
• Tedim Chin (Dialect of Chin)
• Telugu (Indian Language)
• Temne
• Teo Chiew (Chinese)
• Tetum (Timorese)
• Thai
• Tibetan
• Tigre (African Language - Eritrea)
• Tigrinya (African Language - Official in Eritrea)
• Tongan
• Tshiluba (Dialect of Congo)
• Turkish
• Turkmen
• Twi (Ghana - Not Official)
• Uighur
• Ukrainian
• Urdu (Indian/Pakistani Language, Arabic Script)
• Uzbek (Turkish language spoken in Uzbekistan)
• Vietnamese
• Watchi (African Dialect
• Wolof (Senegal - Not Official)
• Zande (Sudan - African Language)
• Zomi (Dialect of Chin)