Pinnis, MārcisBusemann, StephanVasiļevskis, ArtūrsGenabith, Josef2022-05-302022-05-3020222022http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13218-021-00744-4https://dl.gi.de/handle/20.500.12116/38670This contribution describes the German EU Council Presidency Translator (EUC PT), a machine translation service created for the German EU Council Presidency in the second half of 2020, which is open to the general public. Following a series of earlier presidency translators, the German version exhibits important extensions and improvements. The German EUC PT is the first to integrate systems from commercial vendors, public services, and a research center, using a mix of custom and generic translation engines, and to introduce a new webpage translation widget. A further important feature is the close collaboration with human translators from the German ministries, who were provided with computer-assisted translation tool plugins integrating machine translation services into their daily work environments. Uptake by the public reflects a huge interest in the service, showing the need for breaking language barriers.EU Council Presidency TranslatorNeural machine translationText/Journal Article10.1007/s13218-021-00744-41610-1987