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 and portfolios [108 KB]

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
• Eurovoc — multilingual thesaurus covering EU policy fields
• RAMON — Eurostat's statistical metadata website (including combined nomenclature)

Style guides

• Interinstitutional Style Guide — for Latvian
• Joint practical guide for EU legislative drafting — for Latvian
• Manual for translation of legal acts

 

Language-specific information

Terminology and glossaries

• Instructions on terminology [174 KB]
• Fish species glossary [91 KB]
• Languages glossary [272 KB]
• Countries glossary [231 KB]

Models and templates

• Amending acts model [34 KB]
• Explanatory memorandum model [158 KB]
• Interpretative note model (EN-LV) [148 KB]
• Legislative financial statement model [264 KB]
• LegisWrite models [420 KB] (Word)
• Manual for drafting of legal acts [384 KB]
• Manual of precedents for acts established within the Council of the European Union [639 KB]
• PDO and PGI models [245 KB]  — protection of geographical indications and designations of origin
• Protection of EU financial interests [107 KB]
• References to Court of Justice cases [132 KB]
• State aid [223 KB]

Useful links (national legislation / authorities / expert bodies)

• Online dictionaries and language tools — University of Latvia
• Terminology database — Academy of Sience terminology commission
• Language and translation reference site
• see also Language resources and useful links for Latvian