Full name: Republic of Austria. Note that the Austrian Bundesländer are called ‘provinces’ in English.
Official language: German.
Geography
Cities
Write Vienna for Wien. Otherwise, retain the original spelling, including any accents (e.g. Sankt Pölten).
Lakes
Write Lake Constance for Bodensee.
Mountains
Anglicise the Alps.
Regions
| ÖSTERREICH | AUSTRIA |
| Ostösterreich | East Austria |
| Burgenland | Burgenland |
| Niederösterreich | Lower Austria |
| Wien | Vienna |
| Südösterreich | South Austria |
| Kärnten | Carinthia |
| Steiermark | Styria |
| Westösterreich | West Austria |
| Oberösterreich | Upper Austria |
| Salzburg | Salzburg |
| Tirol | Tyrol |
| Vorarlberg | Vorarlberg |
Judicial bodies
| Arbeits- und Sozialgericht Wien | Labour and Social Court, Vienna |
| Bezirksanwalt | District Prosecutor |
| Bezirksgericht | District Court |
| Bundesfinanzgericht | Federal Fiscal Court (as of 1.1.2014) |
| Bundesvergabeamt | Federal Procurement Office (obsolete as of 1.1.2014) |
| Bundesverwaltungsgericht | Federal Administrative Court (as of 1.1.2014) |
| Erster Generalanwalt | First Solicitor General |
| Generalanwalt | Solicitor General |
| Generalprokurator | Procurator General |
| Generalprokuratur | Procurator General’s Office |
| Handelsgericht Wien | Commercial Court, Vienna |
| Landesgericht | Regional Court |
| Landesvergabeamt | Regional Procurement Office |
| Landesverwaltungsgericht | Regional Administrative Court (as of 1.1.2014) |
| Oberlandesgericht | Higher Regional Court |
| Oberstaatsanwalt | Senior Public Prosecutor |
| Oberster Gerichtshof | Supreme Court of Justice / Supreme Court |
| Rechnungshof | Public Audit Office |
| Sprengelrichter | substitute judge |
| Staatsanwalt | Public Prosecutor |
| Unabhängiger Bundesasylsenat | Independent Federal Asylum Tribunal (obsolete since 2008) |
| Unabhängiger Finanzsenat | Independent Finance Tribunal (obsolete as of 1.1.2014) |
| Unabhängiger Verwaltungssenat | Independent Administrative Tribunal (obsolete as of 1.1.2014) |
| Verfassungsgerichtshof | Constitutional Court |
| Vergabekontrollsenat Wien | Public Procurement Review Chamber, Vienna (obsolete as of 1.1.2014) |
| Verwaltungsgerichtshof | Administrative Court |
| Volksanwaltschaft | Ombudsman Board |
Legal instruments
| Bescheid | decision |
| Bundesgesetz | federal act/law |
| Bundesverfassung | Constitution |
| Durchführungsverordnung | implementing regulation(s) |
| Erlass (= generelle Weisung) | general (administrative) circular |
| Gesetz | act/law |
| (Rechts)bestimmungen | provisions (of law)/legislation/laws |
| (Rechts)verordnung | regulation |
| (Rechts)vorschrift | (legal) provision/provision (of law) |
| (Rechts)vorschriften | provisions (of law)/legislation/laws |
| Rundschreiben | circular |
| Weisung | administrative circular |
For English translations of Austrian acts see: Bundeskanzleramt Legal Information System – Austrian Laws in English.
Government bodies and administrative divisions
| Bezirk | Translate as ‘district’ or ‘district authority’ [an Austrian Bezirk corresponds to a German Kreis in the NUTS breakdown]. |
| Bezirkshauptmann | Translate as ‘head of the district authority, District of …’. |
| Bundesland, Bundesländer | Bundesland/länder are the usual terms in Austria and, for Austria, are translated as ‘province(s)’. |
| Bundesrat | Write ‘Bundesrat’. Where a gloss is considered necessary, add ‘Upper House of Parliament’ in brackets after the first occurrence. Alternatively, consideration can be given to adding the literal translation, ‘Federal Council’, as a gloss. |
| Bundesversammlung | Translate as ‘Bundesversammlung’, adding ‘Federal Assembly’ in brackets after the first occurrence, if a gloss if considered necessary. |
| Gemeinde | Translate as ‘municipality’. |
| Land, Länder | See Bundesland, Bundesländer above. |
| Landeshauptmann | Translate as ‘Governor’. |
| Nationalrat | Write ‘Nationalrat’. Where a gloss is considered necessary, add ‘Lower House of Parliament’ in brackets after the first occurrence. Alternatively, consideration can be given to adding the literal translation, ‘National Council’, as a gloss. |
Source: European Commission Directorate-General for Translation
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