English Translation Style Guide for European Union
Publisher: MultiMedia Publishing
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Bucharest, Romania
ISBN-13: 9786060335511
Copyright date: 2015
Description: This Style Guide is intended primarily for English-language authors and translators, both in-house and freelance, working for the European Commission. But now that so many texts in and around the EU institutions are drafted in English by native and non-native speakers alike, its rules, reminders and handy references aim to serve a wider readership as well. 

The Guide is divided into two clearly distinct parts, the first dealing with linguistic conventions applicable in all contexts and the second with the workings of the European Union — and with how those workings are expressed and reflected in English. This should not be taken to imply that ‘EU English’ is different from ‘real English’; it is simply a reflection of the fact that the European Union as a unique body has had to invent a terminology to describe itself. However, the overriding aim in both parts of the Guide is to facilitate and encourage the writing of clear and reader-friendly English.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Writing English; title: - GENERAL; title: - - Language usage; title: - SPELLING; title: - - CONVENTIONS; title: - - INTERFERENCE EFFECTS; title: - - CAPITAL LETTERS; title: - - GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES; title: - - COMPOUND WORDS AND HYPHENS; title: - PUNCTUATION; title: - - FULL STOP; title: - - COLON; title: - - SEMICOLON; title: - - COMMA; title: - - DASHES; title: - - BRACKETS; title: - - QUESTION MARK; title: - - EXCLAMATION MARK; title: - - QUOTATION MARKS; title: - - APOSTROPHE; title: - NUMBERS; title: - - WRITING OUT NUMBERS; title: - - FRACTIONS; title: - - RANGES; title: - - DATES AND TIMES; title: - ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS; title: - - ABBREVIATIONS; title: - - - Acronyms and initialisms; title: - - - Contractions and truncations; title: - - MATHEMATICAL SYMBOLS; title: - - SCIENTIFIC SYMBOLS AND UNITS OF MEASUREMENT; title: - FOREIGN IMPORTS; title: - - FOREIGN WORDS AND PHRASES IN ENGLISH TEXT; title: - - ROMANISATION SYSTEMS; title: - PARTS OF SPEECH; title: - - ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS; title: - - SINGULAR OR PLURAL; title: - - PRESENT PERFECT/SIMPLE PAST; title: - - TENSES IN MINUTES; title: - - VERBS IN LEGISLATION; title: - - SPLIT INFINITIVE; title: - - THE GERUND AND THE POSSESSIVE; title: - LISTS; title: - SCIENCE GUIDE; title: - FOOTNOTES, CITATIONS AND REFERENCES; title: - CORRESPONDENCE; title: - PERSONAL NAMES AND TITLES; title: - NAMES OF BODIES; title: - GENDER-NEUTRAL LANGUAGE; title: About the European Union; title: - THE EUROPEAN UNION; title: - PRIMARY LEGISLATION; title: - - THE TREATIES — AN OVERVIEW; title: - - THE TREATIES IN DETAIL; title: - - TREATY CITATIONS; title: - SECONDARY LEGISLATION; title: - - LEGISLATIVE PROCEDURES; title: - - TITLES AND NUMBERING; title: - - STRUCTURE OF ACTS; title: - - REFERRING TO SUBDIVISIONS OF ACTS; title: - THE EU INSTITUTIONS; title: - - COMMISSION; title: - - COUNCIL; title: - - EUROPEAN COUNCIL; title: - - EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT; title: - - COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION; title: - - COURT OF AUDITORS; title: - - EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE; title: - - COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS; title: - - EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK; title: - - OTHER FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS; title: - - AGENCIES; title: - REFERENCES TO OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS; title: - - THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL; title: - - BULLETIN AND GENERAL REPORT; title: - EU FINANCES; title: - - BUDGET; title: - - FUNDS FINANCED FROM THE BUDGET; title: - - OTHER FUNDS; title: - MEMBER STATES; title: - - PERMANENT REPRESENTATIONS/REPRESENTATIVES; title: - - NATIONAL PARLIAMENTS; title: - - NATIONAL JUDICIAL BODIES; title: - - NATIONAL LEGISLATION; title: - OFFICIAL LANGUAGES AND CURRENCIES; title: - - OFFICIAL LANGUAGES; title: - - CURRENCIES; title: - EXTERNAL RELATIONS; title: TRANSLITERATION; title: - TRANSLITERATION TABLE FOR GREEK; title: - - Diphthongs; title: - TRANSLITERATION TABLE FOR CYRILLIC; title: FORMS OF ADDRESS; title: - Letters to Ambassadors and permanent representatives; title: - - Envelop; title: - - Start; title: - - Close; title: - Letters to Ministers; title: - - Envelop; title: - - Start; title: - - Close; title: - Letters to Members of Parliament; title: - - Envelop; title: - - Start; title: - - Close; title: - Letters to Kings or Queens; title: - - Envelop; title: - - Start; title: - - Close; title: - Letters to other Heads of State; title: - - Envelop; title: - - Start; title: - - Close; title: - Letters to Heads of Government; title: - - Envelop; title: - - Start; title: - - Close; title: - Letters to Presidents of EU institutions; title: - - Envelop; title: - - Start; title: - - Close; title: - Letters to Secretaries-General; title: - - Envelop; title: - - Start; title: - - Close; title: - Letters to the Pope; title: - - Envelop; title: - - Start; title: - - Close; title: - Letters to Cardinals; title: - - Envelop; title: - - Start; title: - - Close; title: - Letters to Archbishops; title: - - Envelop; title: - - Start; title: - - Close; title: - Letters to Bishops; title: - - Envelop; title: - - Start; title: - - Close