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The guidelines below help translators of EU documents in all 24 official languages. Each set provides language-specific recommendations to ensure clarity, consistency and accuracy.

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Director for the Translation Service at the Council of the European Union

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Become an Irish-language linguist at The Council of the European Union

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Newcomer's Fair at the Translating Europe Forum 2025

As part of TEF 2025, the Newcomers' Fair will take place online on 7 November from 14:00 to 17:00.

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