Spanish Language Style Guide and Glossaries

The Spanish Language 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: We continue to make improvements to this guide, so please send any comments or suggestions for additional resources to Laura Godfrey, Manager, GobiernoUSA.gov.

Language Use

• Abbreviations, Acronyms & Em-Dash (—) Use
• Articles
• Capitalization
• Dates and Numbers
• Punctuation

Tips for Spanish-Language Websites

• Alt Attributes for Pictures
• Use of Diacritics and HTML Diacritics Code

Glossaries

• Glossary of Federal Terms
• Frequently Mistranslated English Terms
• Names of USA States and Territories in Spanish
• Spanish Health Care Terms in the United States
• Information Technology Terms

Resources

• IT Dictionaries for the Information Technology Translator
• Internet Resources
• Language Resources