Guidelines for contractors translating into Greek

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
• EEA Agreement — European Economic Area Agreement

 

Contractor guides

Guidelines

• Guide for contractors translating for the European Commission (8.58 Mb)  
• Translation checklist (211 kB)  

EU terminology

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

Style guides

• Greek style guide(3.14 Mb)   — DG Translation in-house style guide
• Interinstitutional Style Guide — for Greek
• Joint practical guide for persons involved in the drafting of EU legislation — for Greek

 

 

Language-specific information

Terminology and glossaries

• Greek terminology network
• Register of standardised terms(557 kB)   (KATOK)

Models and templates

• LegisWrite models (EL/FR/EN)(2.04 Mb)
• Law(102 kB)  
• Draft law(97 kB)  

Useful links (national legislation / authorities / expert bodies)

• see also Language resources and useful links for Greek