European CommissionDirectorate-General for Translation
EnglishStyle Guide
A handbook for authors and translators in the European Commission
Fifth edition: 2005Revised: May 2008
First issued 1982Revised 1983Second edition 1985Revised 1988Third edition 1993Revised 1998Fourth edition 2001This version of the English Style Guide is dated May 2008.For the latest version, see
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Introduction................................................................................1
Part I Writing English....................................................................3
1.
SPELLING.........................................................................................................5
CONVENTIONS..............................................................................................5INTERFERENCE EFFECTS............................................................................6CAPITAL LETTERS........................................................................................7GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES...........................................................................10HYPHENS AND COMPOUND WORDS.....................................................13
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PUNCTUATION.............................................................................................17
FULL STOP....................................................................................................17COLON...........................................................................................................17SEMICOLON.................................................................................................18COMMA.........................................................................................................18DASHES.........................................................................................................20BRACKETS....................................................................................................21QUESTION MARK........................................................................................21EXCLAMATION MARK..............................................................................22QUOTATION MARKS..................................................................................22APOSTROPHE...............................................................................................23
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NUMBERS.......................................................................................................25
WRITING OUT NUMBERS..........................................................................25FRACTIONS...................................................................................................26RANGES.........................................................................................................27DATES AND TIME.......................................................................................27
DATES...............................................................................................27
TIME.................................................................................................28
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ABBREVIATIONS, ACRONYMS AND SYMBOLS..........................................29
ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS.......................................................29MATHEMATICAL SYMBOLS....................................................................30SCIENTIFIC SYMBOLS AND UNITS OF MEASUREMENT...................31
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FOREIGN IMPORTS......................................................................................33
FOREIGN WORDS AND PHRASES IN ENGLISH TEXT.........................33ROMANISATION SYSTEMS.......................................................................33
6.
VERBS.............................................................................................................35
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