National Language Service

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The National Language Service (NLS) is a state institution in Pretoria that supports and promotes communication between the languages ​​of South Africa .

In accordance with the requirements of the South African constitution , the NLS manages the linguistic diversity of South African society. He is responsible for implementing policies to promote each language, including historically neglected languages. Its main task is to offer and promote translation and editing in all official languages ​​of South Africa, and to maintain linguistic diversity through language planning and terminology projects.

The NLS acts as the government's professional service provider for the official translation of documents. The terminology service supports the development and modernization of the technical vocabulary of the official languages. Language planning tasks include advising the government on language policy development and implementation.

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