Language resources and useful links for Dutch

Our translators' pick of useful sites for Dutch terminology, including public-service sites for terms used in context.

 

National websites

Institutional sites

Belgium

• Belgian Federal parliament
• Kamer van volksvertegenwoordigers — Lower house of Belgian Parliament
• Senaat — Upper house of Belgian Parliament
• Federal Ministry for foreign affairs, trade and development aid
• Flemish parliament (Vlaams parlement)
• Ministry of Justice (Ministerie van Justitie)

The Netherlands

• Parliament (Staten-Generaal)
• Monarchy (Koninklijk Huis)
• Dutch National Bank (Nederlandse Bank)
• Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation (Ministerie van Economische Zaken, Landbouw en Innovatie — EL&I)
• Ministry of Defence (Ministerie van Defensie)
• Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschappen — OCW)
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken)
• Ministry of Finance (Ministerie van Financien)
• Ministry of Interior Affairs and Kingdomrelations (Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties — BZK)
• Ministry of Safety and Justice (Ministerie van Veiligheid en Justitie)
• Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment (Ministerie van Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid — SZW)
• Social and Economic Council (Sociaal-Economische Raad — SER)

Other links from Belgium and the Netherlands

Belgium

• Constitution — French, Dutch and German
• Belgisch Staatsblad — official legal gazette with online laws from 1997 onwards
• Federal government e-services
• Flemish government e-services
• Juridat Rechtspraak — all aspects of Belgian law, including case law
• e-Justice — Belgian law database
• NATLEX — legislation (labour, social security and related human rights)

 The Netherlands

• Constitution
• NATLEX — legislation (labour, social security and related human rights)
• Dutch national statistics (Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek)
• Dutch public accounts (Algemene Rekenkamer)
• Tourism in the Netherlands
• Netherlands Standardisation Institute (Nederlands Normalisatie-instituut)

 

 

Style and grammar guides, language campaigns

• How to write clearly — European Commission booklet (all EU languages) [March 2010]
• Taaltelefoon — Flemish official language advice, including style and spelling brochures

 

Online dictionaries, term banks and glossaries

Dictionaries & encyclopedias

• Van Dale

Term banks

• FishBase — global information system on fish
• JIAMCATT wiki — shared terminology resources
• Terminology database — German, English and Dutch
• World bird database

Glossaries

• Environment glossary (EEA)
• EURYDICE — European education thesaurus
• Medical terms — technical and everyday
• Public procurement common vocabulary
• Research — EU terminology
• Statistics — multilingual glossary by the International Statistical Institute (ISI)