Spanish Language Style Guide and Glossaries for U.S. Government Web Sites
This new Spanish Style Guide is a resource for government employees, translators, and communications professionals who work with the government to improve the way we communicate with the public in Spanish. The guide contains information on grammar and style issues as well as glossaries to standardize the use of Spanish across government
The guide was peer reviewed by New York-based independent translators and language professionals Leticia Molinero, Maria Cornelio and Jack Segura.
Please Note: This guide is a work-in-progress. We continue to make improvements, so please send any comments or suggestions for additional resources to Laura Godfrey, Bilingual Content Specialist for GobiernoUSA.gov.
Language Use
- Abbreviations, Acronyms & Em-Dash (—) Use
- Articles
- Capitalization
- Dates & Numbers
- Diacritics
- Parentheses vs. Brackets & Punctuation
Tips for Spanish-language Websites
Glossaries
- English-Spanish Glossary of Federal Agencies, Officials and Laws
- Frequently Mistranslated English Terms
- Names of US States and Territories
- Spanish Health Care Terms in the United States
- Spanish Information Technology Terms
Recommended Resources
- Must Have Dictionaries for the Information Technology Translator
- Recommended Internet Resources
- Recommended Language Resources
View other resources for managing Spanish and other language websites.
Page Updated or Reviewed: February 1, 2007
