Terms and style of Finland’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union
Finland’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union started on 1 July. The Presidency website is being produced in five languages. This means the Translation and Language Division of the Prime Minister’s Office will be kept busy all year, because we will be translating material into several languages for around 140 meetings being organised in Finland during the Presidency.
Terminology of topical legislative projects published: health and social services reform, new counties, and intelligence gathering
The Translation and Language Division of the Prime Minister's Office prepares glossaries of topical terms. The most recent lists of terms are related to the health, social services and regional government reform and the intelligence gathering legislation, prepared in the ministries and discussed in Parliament. The Prime Minister's Office has now published three new glossaries to harmonise the use of terminology in Finnish, Swedish and English.
Terminology service and terminology work
The Prime Minister's Office provides a free, publicly available terminology service and publishes glossaries and instructions on language issues.
Glossaries and guidance
The Prime Minister's Office is responsible for compiling multilingual glossaries on government terminology. Key glossaries are published in the Government Termbank Valter. The website of the Prime Minister’s Office also includes other glossaries and guidelines.
Swedish Language Board
The Swedish Language Board serves as a coordinating body for questions relating to the use of Swedish by government authorities.
