Seattle Department of Transportation
Sam Zimbabwe, Director
Translation Term Base
What is the Translation Term Base?
The Term Base is the official Seattle Department of Transportation translations of frequently used terms and names (such as right-of-way, Seattle Streets Illustrated). We have established translations in the following languages:
- Amharic
- Traditional Chinese
- Simplified Chinese
- Filipino/Tagalog
- Khmer
- Korean
- Laotian
- Oromo
- Russian
- Somali
- Spanish
- Tigrinya
- Vietnamese
We have developed our Term Base to ensure consistency in the translations that we produce and as a tool for other City departments, community based organizations, and partner agencies to use when referring to our projects or programs. As a living document, we will continue to add more terms and additional languages. Our term base is should be used as a supplement to the City of Seattle's official term base.