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

National websites

United Kingdom institutional sites

• Government online 
  • A-Z site index
• Central and local government
• Legislation 
• UK Parliament 
  • Glossary — parliamentary language explained 
• Northern Ireland Assembly
• Scottish Parliament
• Welsh Assembly
• UK official documents
• BAILLI — British & Irish Legal Information Institute
• NATLEX — legislation (labour, social security and related human rights)
• Information on Britain

Other links

• British Library
• Bank of England
• British Council
• British services & their governing bodies, institutes & associations
• National Archives
• National Audit Office

Style and grammar guides, language campaigns

• How to write clearly — European Commission booklet (all EU languages) [March 2010]
• see also the  style guides for our contractors

Online dictionaries, term banks and glossaries

Glossaries & terminology

• Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) — terminology databases, glossaries and thesauri
• ILOTERM — International Labour Organisation database
• International Monetary Fund (IMF) — multilingual directory
• UNTERM — United Nations multilingual terminology
• World Bank — multilingual terminology
• WTOTERM — World Trade Organisation terminology