Guidelines for translating into German

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

Contractor guides

Guidelines

• Clear writing for administrations – German government
• How to write clearly — European Commission booklet (all EU languages)
• Other resources
  JRC Language Technology Resources

EU terminology

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

Style guides

• Gemeinsames Handbuch
• Interinstitutional Style Guide — for German
• Joint practical guide for persons involved in the drafting of EU legislation — for German
• Vademecum „Übersetzen für die Europäische Kommission“ (January 2025)

Language-specific information

Für Auftragnehmer mit einem TRAD19 Rahmenvertrag mit der Kommission: Vademecum „Übersetzen für die Europäische Kommission“ (eingeschränkter Zugang/limited access)