The Department for International Development (DFID) spent £146,090 on translation and interpretation services during 2007-08. The following table details the overall costs broken down by language.
Languages Cost (£) Albanian 11,875 Arabic 2,812 Armenian 1,227 Bangla 341 Cambodian 25 English 21,614 French 30,605 Italian 231 Kinyarwand 559 Nepal 130 Portuguese 10,239 Romanian 210 Russian 2,977 Sign Language 17,262 Spanish 29,816 Urdu 11,648 Vietnamese 4,521 Total 146,090
Other translation or interpretational costs may have been incurred but cannot be separately identified; for example, where translation is a small component within a larger project.