Guidelines for translating EU documents into Finnish

General EU information

• 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 — Commissions
• Economic and Social Committee — Sections and Other Bodies 

European legislation

• EUR-Lex — EU law currently in force
• PreLex
• N-lex (national law of EU countries) 

Finnish legislation

• Edilex
• FINLEX

Guidelines 

• Translation checklist
• Quality requirements (Tender specifications TRAD23, point 5)

Style guides

• Interinstitutional Style Guide — for Finnish
• Publications in Finnish (Part Four)
• Joint practical guide for persons involved in the drafting of EU legislation — for Finnish
• The Joint Handbook for the presentation and drafting of acts subject to the ordinary legislative procedure
• Research Institute for the Languages of Finland (Kotus)

Terminology and glossaries 

 KCTI terminology page - for general information and links to terminology tools

• EU Budget online
• Eurostat classifications and code lists
  • Combined Nomenclature
• Finnish government termbank (Valter)
• Finnish Centre for Technical Terminology (TSK)

Models and templates

• How to write clearly

Useful links

• Translation technology resources (incl. DGT translation memory)
• EU Academy (Learning Portal)