Guidelines for translating into Italian

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
• Committee of the Regions 
• European Economic and Social Committee

European legislation

• EUR-Lex — EU law currently in force
• Official documents from EU institutions
• European Parliament Legislative Observatory
• Rules of Procedure of the Commission

Contractor guides

EU terminology

• IATE — EU terminology database
• TARIC codes — online customs tariff database
• EU Budget online
• Eurovoc — multilingual thesaurus covering EU policy fields
• Eurostat classifications and code lists
  • Combined Nomenclature
• European Union Open Data Portal

Style guides

• How to write clearly
• Joint Handbook for the Presentation and Drafting of Acts subject to the Ordinary Legislative Procedure — for Italian
• Joint practical guide for persons involved in the drafting of EU legislation — for Italian
• Interinstitutional Style Guide — for Italian

Language-specific information

Terminology and glossaries

• EU glossaries
• Pharmaceuticals - Community Register
• Agriculture, forestry, fisheries, food (AGROVOC)
• FishBase
• Statistics — International Statistical Institute (ISI)
• ISTAT – National Institute of Statistics
• Italian administrative language

Useful links (national legislation / authorities / expert bodies)

• Italian legislation — national and regional
• National legislation in force - Normattiva
• Italian Official Journal – Gazzetta ufficiale italiana
• Swiss legislation and international treaties in Italian
• Legislative drafting manual
• Guide to writing clear administrative Italian — Padua University
• Guide to the drafting of texts for the websites of the Italian Public Administration
• Guide to the drafting of administrative texts  – CNR Accademia Crusca, 2011
• Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA)
• National Organisation for Civil Aviation - ENAC 
• National Organisation for Standardization - UNI
• Regulatory Authorities
  • Agenzia per l'Italia digitale (AGID)
  • Autorità garante della concorrenza e del mercato (AGCM)
  • Autorità per le garanzie nelle comunicazioni (AGCOM)
  • Commissione nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (CONSOB)
  • Garante per la protezione dei dati personali
  • Istituto per la vigilanza sulle assicurazioni (IVASS)
  • Autorità di Regolazione dei Trasporti (ART)

Language magazine

• Inter@lia 

Language network

• Rete per l'eccellenza dell'italiano istituzionale -REII