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
• Council configurations
• European Parliament committees
• Committee of the Regions — commissions

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 [207 KB]

EU terminology

• IATE — EU terminology database
• TARIC codes — online customs tariff database
• EU Budget online
• Eurovoc — multilingual thesaurus covering EU policy fields
• RAMON — Eurostat's statistical metadata website (including combined nomenclature)

Style guides

• Interinstitutional Style Guide — for Italian
• Joint practical guide for EU legislative drafting — for Italian
• Language and gender

Language-specific information

Terminology and glossaries

• EU glossaries [20 KB]  — available on EUROPA (the EU's website), including Italian

Models and templates

• EU countries and languages [116 KB] — listing order
• Financial statement [103 KB]
• Explanatory memorandum (FR-EN-IT) [25 KB]
• Models of acts after the Lisbon Treaty [21 KB]
• State aids forms [122 KB]
• Normative translation memory [114 KB] (TMX)

Useful links (national legislation / authorities / expert bodies)

• Italian legislation — national and regional
• National legislation in force (Normattiva)
• Italian law gazette (Gazzetta Ufficiale)
• Search engine for legislation (Norme in Rete)
• Swiss legislation and international treaties in Italian
• see also Language resources and useful links for Italian