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AI-Powered Website Translation for NYC Residents

Accountable
Office of Technology and Innovation (OTI)
Functional Modes
Understanding (Semantic AI)
Autonomous
Purpose
Translation & Language Access
Input Dataset
Operational data Anonymized data
Algorithm or Model
Language Models
Output Dataset
Generated content Anonymized data
Details

This system automatically translates the text of nyc.gov and its subpages into over 100 languages, including the 10 languages required by New York City's language access law (Local Law 30 of 2017). It is operated by the NYC Office of Technology and Innovation to help residents with limited English proficiency access city information. Translation is performed in real time by Google's machine translation service, and the underlying training data is proprietary to Google.

Sources for this disclosure

  • AI register
    NYC Algorithmic Tools Compliance Report — Google Translate

    NYC Office of Technology and Innovation, 2025. Row ID nyc__row__998003491279.

  • Regulation
    New York City Local Law 30 of 2017 — Language Access

    Requires NYC agencies to provide language access services in the 10 most commonly spoken languages.

This disclosure was drafted with AI assistance.

Schema: ai@2026-05-06-beta

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