The European Commission's translation service (DG Translation ) outsources part of its translation work to private contractors. The links and guidelines listed here help them to produce high-quality translations on EU matters.

General EU information

EU institutions

• Names of institutions, bodies and agencies of the European Union
• List of directorates-general and departments of the European Commission
• List of EU Commissioners
• European Council — presidency conclusions
• Council configurations
• European Parliament committees
• Committee of the Regions — commissions
• European Economic and Social Committee — sections
• EU press releases

European legislation

• EU legislation — databases and information about legislative procedures
• EUR-Lex — EU law currently in force
• PreLex
• Official documents from EU institutions

Contractor guides

Guidelines

• Guide for contractors translating for the European Commission [391 KB]
• Translation checklist [206 KB]

EU terminology

• IATE — EU terminology database
• TARIC codes — online customs tariff database
• EU Budget online
• RAMON — Eurostat's statistical metadata website (including combined nomenclature)
• Eurojargon

Style guides

• Danish spelling guide — for EU texts [138 KB]
• DG Translation in-house handbook for Danish (Visdomsbogen) [2 MB]
• Interinstitutional Style Guide — for Danish
• Joint practical guide for EU legislative drafting — for Danish

Language-specific information

Terminology and glossaries

• EU glossary — general
• EU glossaries [63 KB] — on EUROPA (the EU's website)
• Trade glossary [29 KB]
• List of terminology resources [27 KB] — in/for Danish
• List of terminology resources [19 KB] — English, French and multilingual

Models and templates

• LegisWrite models (DA-EN-FR) [2 MB]
• Manual of precedents for acts established within the Council of the European Union [639 KB]

Useful links (national legislation / authorities / expert bodies)

• Danish legal database (Retsinformation)
• Danish legal knowledge portal (Retssal)
• N-Lex — official legislative databases of 23 EU countries
• EU information from the Danish Parliament
• Commission representation in Denmark
• see also Language resources and useful links for Danish