AI-Powered Translation Between Official Languages
Translation & Language Access
What it collects that can identify you
- Source-language text submitted by GC employees for translation, which may contain employee-authored content, internal communications, or documents tied to identifiable individuals.
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- Run by
- National Capital Commission (NCC)
- Where
- No fixed location
- Kept
- Not stated by the Helpful Places.
- Shared with
- Not stated by the Helpful Places.
What it is for
Translation & Language AccessThis system uses AI to translate text between English and French for employees of the National Capital Commission. It is provided by the commercial vendor DeepL and is intended to support clear and accurate communication in both official languages. Users should be aware that outputs are machine-generated translations and may require human review before use in official communications.
What it collects and what happens to it
Data taken in
- Source-language text submitted by GC employees for translation, which may contain employee-authored content, internal communications, or documents tied to identifiable individuals.
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Processing
- DeepL Pro uses neural machine translation models specifically designed for high-quality translation between natural languages, including between English and French.
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What it does
- The system generates translated text from source-language input. Employees receive the machine-generated translation and decide whether it is suitable for use, implying human review before any official use.
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Outputs
- Translated text output in the target official language (English or French), produced by the DeepL neural translation model from the submitted source text. The content mirrors the identifiability of the input.
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Run by
- The National Capital Commission deploys DeepL Pro to support bilingual translation for its employees.
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Built by
- DeepL is the commercial vendor that builds and licenses the DeepL Pro AI translation system used by the National Capital Commission.
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Kept for
Not stated by the Helpful Places.
Shared with
Not stated by the Helpful Places.
Stored
Not stated by the Helpful Places.
How to read the colours
Can it identify you?
- Anonymized data
- Data about people with the link to who is broken. Stripped of identifiers, blurred, aggregated, or noised so this system can’t reasonably tie a record back to an individual.
- Pseudonymous data
- Each person’s data is tied to a token (hash, ID, template) that lets this system recognise the same person across events, but the token itself doesn’t reveal a name. Reidentification is possible with extra information.
- Identifiable data
- The data either contains a direct identifier (name, address, account name, recognisable face or voice, plate number) or carries a token this system uses to look up legal identity during processing.
Who completes the loop?
- Human decides
- This mode suggests; a person decides what to do next. The AI is always advisory — a human is in the loop on every decision. Example: a triage tool ranks cases for a clinician who chooses which to see first.
- Human executes
- This mode decides; a person carries out the result. Example: an optimizer plans the day’s trash-collection routes, and drivers run them.
- Autonomous
- This mode decides and acts on its own. No person reviews each decision or carries out the resulting action.
Definitions from the DTPR standard. Amber is about your data, violet about who decides. The fuller the shape and the deeper the colour, the more identifying the data or the less a person is involved.
- AI registerGovernment of Canada AI Register — Deepl Pro (2526-NCC-CCN-002)National Capital Commission, AI Register entry 2526-NCC-CCN-002.
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- Register entryPublished by the Helpful Places. Reference 2d92128b. This disclosure was drafted with AI assistance.Schema: ai@2026-05-06-beta
What you can do
Ask about this system
Questions go to the Helpful Places, not the vendor.
Your rights
- Right to Algorithmic TransparencyGC employees using this system should be informed that translations are generated by a commercial AI model (DeepL Pro) and are not produced by a human translator. The system's logic and capabilities are governed by DeepL's commercial product documentation.
Risks and safeguards
- Societal & cultural harmMachine translation errors could compromise the accuracy of official bilingual communications, potentially undermining Canada's Official Languages obligations. The system is used by GC employees who are expected to review translations before official use, serving as a human-in-the-loop mitigation. The NCC should establish clear guidance on when machine translation output requires professional review.