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This paper aims at studying the public-sector translation systems in European Union, finding possible implications to be utilized in launchinga similar system in Korea. To this end, European Union (‘EU’)Commission Directorate-General for Translation, Centre of Translationfor the Bodies of the EU, and EU Council General Secretariat LanguageService will be contrasted to identify their respective organizational andstructural characteristics. This contrast shall consider workflows towarrant quality translation, and the recruitment and role definition oftranslators. Specifically, the first part of the paper will definepublic-sector translation, describe its current state in Korea, anddiscuss the need to study the scope of this particular aspect oftranslation. The second part will look at the three aforementionedorganizations focusing on the principle behind the operation of multipleorganizations, systems to warrant translation quality control, and therole of and support for translators along these lines. The last part willconclude by stressing a need for having a single government entityspecializing in the standardization of the public-sector translation inplace, a need to establish a structural support system to help warrantquality translation, and a need to define translators’ role moreaggressively in order to allow greater involvement and responsibility inthe entire translation process.