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English style guide [Recurso eletrónico] : a handbook for authors and translators in the European Commission

Autor institucional: COMISSÃO EUROPEIA. Directorate-General for TranslationIdioma: Inglês.Edição: 5th ed., 2005, revised 2006Publicação: [Brussels ; Luxembourg] : Directorate-General for Translation. European Commission, 2006Descrição física: 1 CD-ROM; 12 cmAssunto: 353413 | 1233 | 241547 | 268330Resumo: Introduction. Part I: Writing English. 1. Spelling. Conventions. Interference effects. Capital letters. Geographical names. Hyphens and compound words. 2. Punctuation. Full stop. Colon. Semicolon. Comma. Dashes. Brackets. Question mark. Exclamation mark. Quotation marks. Apostrophe. 3. Numbers. Writing out numbers. Fractions. Ranges. Dates and time. Dates. Time. 4. Abbreviations, acronyms and symbols. Abbreviations and acronyms. Mathematical symbols. Scientific symbols and units of measurement. 5. Foreign imports. Foreign words and phrases in English text. Romanisation systems. 6. Verbs. Singular or plural agreement. Present perfect/simple past. Tenses in minutes. Verbs in legislation. Split infinitive. 7. Lists and tables. Lists. Tables. 8. Science guide. Scientific names. 9. Footnotes, bibliographies and citations. 10. Correspondence. 11. Personal names and titles. 12. Gender-neutral language. Part II: About the European Union. 13. The European Union. 14. Primary legislation. The treaties — an overview. The treaties in detail. Treaty citations. 15. Secondary legislation. Decision-making procedures. Titles and numbering. Structure of acts. Referring to subdivisions of acts. 16. The EU institutions. Commission. Council. European Parliament. Court of Justice. Court of Auditors. European Economic and Social Committee. Committee of the Regions. Financial institutions. Agencies. 17. References to official publications. The Official Journal. Bulletin and general report. 18. EU finances. Budget. Funds financed from the budget. Other funds. 19. Member States. Notes on individual countries. Permanent representations/representatives. National parliaments. National legislation. 20. Official languages and currencies. Official languages. Currencies. 21. External relations. Annexes: Annex 1 regions of the EU. Annex 2 notes on Belgium. Annex 3 transliteration table for Greek. Annex 4 transliteration table for Cyrillic. Annex 5 administrative units in Germany. Annex 6 list of judicial bodies. Annex 7 National legal instruments. Annex 8 Classifications. Annex 9 Chemical elements.
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Introduction. Part I: Writing English. 1. Spelling. Conventions. Interference effects. Capital letters. Geographical names. Hyphens and compound words. 2. Punctuation. Full stop. Colon. Semicolon. Comma. Dashes. Brackets. Question mark. Exclamation mark. Quotation marks. Apostrophe. 3. Numbers. Writing out numbers. Fractions. Ranges. Dates and time. Dates. Time. 4. Abbreviations, acronyms and symbols. Abbreviations and acronyms. Mathematical symbols. Scientific symbols and units of measurement. 5. Foreign imports. Foreign words and phrases in English text. Romanisation systems. 6. Verbs. Singular or plural agreement. Present perfect/simple past. Tenses in minutes. Verbs in legislation. Split infinitive. 7. Lists and tables. Lists. Tables. 8. Science guide. Scientific names. 9. Footnotes, bibliographies and citations. 10. Correspondence. 11. Personal names and titles. 12. Gender-neutral language. Part II: About the European Union. 13. The European Union. 14. Primary legislation. The treaties — an overview. The treaties in detail. Treaty citations. 15. Secondary legislation. Decision-making procedures. Titles and numbering. Structure of acts. Referring to subdivisions of acts. 16. The EU institutions. Commission. Council. European Parliament. Court of Justice. Court of Auditors. European Economic and Social Committee. Committee of the Regions. Financial institutions. Agencies. 17. References to official publications. The Official Journal. Bulletin and general report. 18. EU finances. Budget. Funds financed from the budget. Other funds. 19. Member States. Notes on individual countries. Permanent representations/representatives. National parliaments. National legislation. 20. Official languages and currencies. Official languages. Currencies. 21. External relations. Annexes: Annex 1 regions of the EU. Annex 2 notes on Belgium. Annex 3 transliteration table for Greek. Annex 4 transliteration table for Cyrillic. Annex 5 administrative units in Germany. Annex 6 list of judicial bodies. Annex 7 National legal instruments. Annex 8 Classifications. Annex 9 Chemical elements.

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