Language resources and useful links for Romanian

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

 

National websites

Romanian institutional sites

• President of Romania
• Senate
• Chamber of Deputies
• Parliament
• Government
• Constitutional court
• High Court
• National Bank of Romania
• Superior Council of Magistracy
• Court of Accounts
• Competition Council
• NATLEX — legislation (labour, social security and related human rights)
• Romanian Academy
• Official Journal of Romania

Other links from Romania

Public institutions

• Chamber of Commerce and Industry
• National Trade Register Office
• Bucharest stock exchange
• National Communication Regulator (ANCOM)
• Agency for Payments and Intervention in Agriculture (APIA)
• National Agricultural Consultancy Agency (ANCA)
• National Consumer Protection Authority
• Romanian Office of Inventions and Trademarks
• National Institute of Statistics
• Romanian Civil Aviation Authority
• National Customs Authority
• Romanian National Institute of Metrology
• Chamber of Financial Auditors
• Romanian Naval Authority
• Romanian Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE)
• National Agency for Radioactive Waste (ANDRAD)
• National Commission for Nuclear Control
• Romanian Railway Authority (AFER)
• Romanian Office of Science and Technology
• National Agency of Fisheries and Aquaculture
• Romanian Standards Association
• Romanian Ornithological Society (SOR)
• National Environment Protection Agency (ANPM)
• Romanian Water Association
• National Sanitary Veterinary and Food Safety Authority (ANSVSA)
• Romanian College of Veterinarians
• National Medicines Agency
• Classification of occupations (Ministry of Labour)

 

Style and grammar guides, language campaigns

• How to write clearly — European Commission booklet (all EU languages) [March 2010]

 

Online dictionaries, term banks and glossaries

Dictionaries & encyclopedias

• Romanian Explanatory Dictionary (DEX)
• Forestry
• Grand Dictionnaire Terminologique
• Competition Dictionary — also Romanian
• Financial terms
• International Statistical Institute dictionary — English/Romanian
• Electropedia — electrotechnical vocabulary
• Romanian Encyclopaedia Online

Bilingual dictionaries

• Bilingual dictionaries
• German/Romanian/German

Term banks & glossaries

• Agriculture, forestry, fisheries, food (AGROVOC)
• Archaeology — Bulgarian, Romanian, English
• Customs glossary 
• EU regional development
• FAO fisheries glossary
• International Monetary Fund (IMF) — multilingual directory
• Justice and Home Affairs: glossary — EU Terminology
• Statistics — multilingual glossary by the International Statistical Institute (ISI)
• Water (Aqua Lingua)
• World bird database

Economy / Business

• Romanian National Bank glossary
• Customs
• International economics glossary
• Financial terms dictionary — Romanian/French/Romanian
• Banking terms
• CAEN codes

Competition

• Competition terminology

Environment / Agriculture

• Fauna and flora
• Common Agricultural Policy  
• Environment glossary (EEA)
• Environment glossary
• Wine terminology

Transport

• Maritime/naval terms — source 1, source 2
• Air traffic control
• Railway glossary

Science / Technology

• Nuclear terms
• Transelectrica glossary
• Pulp and paper production dictionary
• Dictionary of military terms

Statistics

• Statistical Yearbook 2008 (National Institute of Statistics)

Legal affairs

• Law terms

Others

• Institute for Cultural Memory — terminology
• PROZ — translators forum
• European Convention on Human Rights glossary — English/Romanian