Denmark Translation Style Guide

Full name: Kingdom of Denmark. Neither Greenland (adj. Greenland) nor the Faeroes (NB not Faeroe Islands, adj. Faeroese) are part of the European Union.

Official language: Danish.

Geography

Cities

Note the names Copenhagen, Aarhus, Aalborg.

Bodies of water

Write Wattenmeer. Use Great Belt for Storebælt and Little Belt for Lillebælt.

Islands

Use Fyn rather than Fünen.

Regions

• DANMARK > DENMARK
• Hovedstaden > Capital (region)
  • Byen København > City of Copenhagen
• Københavns omegn > Outer Copenhagen
  • Nordsjælland > North Zealand
  • Bornholm > Bornholm
• Sjælland > Zealand
  • Ostjælland > East Zealand
  • Vest- og Sydsjælland > West and South Zealand
• Syddanmark > South Denmark
  • Fyn > Fyn
  • Sydjylland > South Jutland
• Midtjylland > Central Jutland
  • Vestjylland > West Jutland
  • Østjylland > East Jutland
• Nordjylland > North Jutland

Judicial bodies

• Anklagemyndighed > Public prosecutor
• Arbejdsret* > Labour Court
• Bibeskæftigelsesnævnet > External Activity Review Board
• Byret** > District Court
• Dombog > (Full record of court judgments and orders)
• Dommerudnævnelsesrådet > Judicial Appointments Council
• Domstolsstyrelsen > Danish Court Administration
• Fogedret > Enforcement and small claims (division of the district) court
• Højesteret > Supreme Court
• Procesbevillingsnævn > Appeals Permission Board
• Retsbog > court record (summary record of court cases)
• Skifteret > Probate and bankruptcy (division of the district) court
• Særlige Klageret > Special Court of Indictment and Revision
• Sø- og Handelsret > Maritime and Commercial Court
• Tinglysningsret > Land Registration Court
• Østre/Vestre Landsret > Eastern/Western High Court

* Its jurisdiction is over collective labour agreements, in disputes between trade unions and employers’ organisations.

** There are now 24 of them (as of 1 January 2007).

Legal instruments

• administrativ afgørelse > administrative ruling
• (kongelige/ministeriel) anordning > (royal/ministerial) decree
• bekendtgørelse > Order
• cirkulaere > Circular
• lov > act/law
• lovbekendtgørelse > Consolidation act
• lovforslag > bill/draft law
• Retsplejeloven > Administration of Justice Act
• Rigsretten > Constitutional Act
• Straffeloven > Penal Code
• vejledning > guidelines

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