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 [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

• Portuguese style guide [2 MB] — DG Translation in-house style guide
  • Spelling agreement [13 KB] — new words with 2 spellings
• Interinstitutional Style Guide — for Portuguese 
  • List of EU regions
  • List of countries, territories and currencies
• Joint practical guide for EU legislative drafting — for Portuguese

Language-specific information

Terminology and glossaries

• EU glossaries [41 KB] — available on EUROPA (the EU's website), including Portuguese
• Glossary of primary law [3 MB]

Models and templates

• Annex — multi-beneficiary programme [46 KB] (IPA)
• Delegation of powers [25 KB]
• Origins of foods & agricultural products — description [20 KB]
• Executive summary [11 KB] — mid-term review – Country strategy paper
• Explanatory memorandum [39 KB]
• Financial statement [93 KB]
• Frequent sentences and expressions [20 KB]
• Guaranteed traditional specialities [45 KB]
• Agricultural law — interpretative note [10 KB]
• Legiswrite models:
  • Commission autonomous acts [136 KB]
  • Commission delegated acts [45 KB]
  • Council proposals [95 KB]
  • European Parliament and Council proposals [58 KB]
• Prior notification of a concentration [56 KB]
• Protection of financial interests [22 KB]
• Recast — standard clauses [13 KB]
• State aid [32 KB]
• European law — multilingual translation memory (DG Translation)
• Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance [892 KB] (IPA) — EU assistance for enlargement

Useful links (national legislation / authorities / expert bodies)

• N-Lex — official legislative databases of 23 EU countries (experimental)
• see also Language resources and useful links for Portuguese