EU Clear English Tips for Translators
Publisher: MultiMedia Publishing
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Bucharest, Romania
ISBN-13: 9786060335788
Copyright date: 2015
Description: Here are some tips to help translators avoid copying structure and wording from other languages that would be awkward in English. 
They should be useful to non-native speakers, but may serve as handy reminders for native speakers too.
Table of contents: title: English prefers to be simple, concise and concrete.; title: - Use simple words where appropriate.; title: - - This means avoiding archaic legalese.; title: - Leave out unnecessary words; title: - - This includes unnecessary initial phrases.; title: - Prefer a verb to an abstract noun; title: - - This includes lists.; title: - - Particularly avoid chains of abstract nouns.; title: - Prefer a gerund to an abstract noun; title: - Prefer participles to relative clauses; title: - - And eliminate participles entirely if appropriate.; title: - Use the passive voice sparingly; title: - - Inanimate subjects with animate verbs are fine.; title: - - The passive is appropriate in these sentences:; title: - Consider replacing negatives with positives; title: - Consider short forms and pronouns to avoid repeating full names …; title: - - … and instead of foreign or ad hoc abbreviations.; title: - Express conditions, including hidden ones, with ‘if’ ...; title: - - ... entitlement with ‘may’...; title: - - ... and exceptions with ‘unless’ or ‘however’ (or ‘subject to’).; title: - In general, cut out extra verbiage.; title: English prefers straightforward syntax; title: - Keep the subject close to the beginning of the sentence; title: - Avoid splitting up subjects, modals, verbs and direct objects; title: - If a sentence is too long, pull information out into separate sentences.; title: - - But don’t change sentence boundaries in legislation.; title: - Use topic-introducing phrases sparingly.; title: English may use different number, articles, gender or words from other languages; title: - Keep uncountable nouns in the singular.; title: - Use ‘a’ rather than ‘the’ for members of a class.; title: - - If appropriate, use the singular for members of a class to avoid confusion.; title: - - Use ‘the’ rather than ‘this’ to refer back to a document.; title: - Do not use gender pronouns for entities.; title: - Consider alternatives to ‘of’.; title: - Finally, avoid ‘false friends’ in translation.; title: Sources; title: About the author; title: - Nicolae Sfetcu; title: - - Contact; title: Publishing House; title: - MultiMedia Publishing