Editorial guidelines
In-house guides
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Interinstitutional style guide – useful for lists of countries, currencies, official names of institutions (in 24 languages)
Note that such full official titles are not always applicable in websites aimed at a general readership - see Words and style. - EU glossaries – explanations of various EU policy fields
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Editorial guidelines - news on the Commission HP
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How to write clearly
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Language aids
- Drafting aids in EU languages
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English style guide (DGT) useful reference, expanding on the Interinstitutional style guide
- Terminology database IATE (various languages)
General writing guides
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International Telecommunication Union style guide
- Economist style guide
- Guardian style guide
- Plain language resources
External sites on web writing
- Web writing that works
- Task-focused websites
- Useit.com
- Writing for intranets
- Writing for the Web
- Writing effective text
- Writing for many interest levels
- Ecrire pour le web (in French)