Guidelines for contractors translating into Spanish

General EU information

EU institutions

• Names of institutions, bodies and agencies of the European Union
• European Commission
  • List of EU Commissioners
  • List of directorates-general and departments of the European Commission
• European Parliament
  • European Parliament committees
• European Council/Council of the EU 
  • Council configurations
• The European Committee of the Regions (CoR)
• The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)

European legislation

• EUR-Lex — EU law currently in force
• Legislative procedures

Contractor guides

Guidelines

• Translation checklist

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

• Interinstitutional Style Guide — for Spanish 
  • List of countries, territories and currencies
  • EU regions (NUTS)
• Joint practical guide for persons involved in the drafting of EU legislation — for Spanish
• Joint Handbook for the presentation and drafting of acts subject to the ordinary legislative procedure – for Spanish

Language-specific information

Terminology and glossaries

• EU common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

Models and templates

• European law — multilingual translation memory (DG Translation)
• Standard forms for public procurement (SIMAP)

Useful links (national legislation / authorities / expert bodies)

• National guidelines on legal drafting(Directrices de técnica normativa)
• AENOR — Spanish Association for Standardisation and Certification
• AETER — Spanish Association for Terminology
• CSIC — Spanish National Research Council

Language magazine

• Puntoycoma