Romania Translation Style Guide

Full name: Romania. The administrative units into which Romania is divided are called ‘judeţe’ (counties).

Official language: Romanian.

Geography

Cities

Write Bucharest for Bucureşti, but use the native forms in all other cases.

Be aware that Hungarian texts may use the Hungarian names for places in Romania, referring to Miercurea Ciuc as Czíkszereda, Timişoara as Temesvár, Oradea as Nagyvárad or Cluj-Napoca as Kolozsvár. Similarly, German texts may use the German names, referring to Sibiu as Hermannstadt or Braşov as Kronstadt. Particular care should be taken with border towns and villages, such as Urziceni (Hungarian: Csanálos) and Curtici (Hungarian: Körtös). Always use the Romanian names when writing in English.

Regions

• ROMÂNIA > ROMANIA
• Macroregiunea unu > Macroregion one
  • Nord-Vest > North-West
  • Centru > Centre
• Macroregiunea doi > Macroregion two
  • Nord-Est > North-East
  • Sud-Est > South-East
• Macroregiunea trei > Macroregion three
  • Sud -Muntenia > South-Muntenia
  • Bucureşti-Ilfov > Bucharest-Ilfov
• Macroregiunea patru > Macroregion four
  • Sud-Vest Oltenia > South-West Oltenia
  • Vest > West

Romania is divided into 41 counties (judeţe) and one municipality (Bucharest).

Judicial bodies

• Codul Penal > Criminal Code
• Codul Procedurii Fiscale > Code of Fiscal Procedure
• Codul Procedurii Penale > Code of Criminal Procedure
• Consiliul Superior al Magistraturii > Superior Council of Magistracy
• Curtea Constituţională > Constitutional Court
• Curtea de Apel > Court of Appeal
• Curtea de Conturi > Romanian Court of Auditors
• Direcţia Naţională Anticorupţie > National Anticorruption Directorate
• Inalta Curte de Casaţie si Justiţie > High Court of Cassation and Justice
• Judecător > Judge
• Judecătorie > District Court
• Ministerul Public > Public Prosecution Service
• Monitorul Oficial > Official Gazette of Romania
• Parchet > Prosecutor’s Office (attached to …)
• Procuror > Prosecutor
• Tribunal > Tribunal

Legal instruments

• adoptare > Adoption
• aprobare > Approval
• Hotarâre de Guvern (HG) > Government Decision
• lege > law/act
• norme metodologice > implementing rules
• Ordin al ministrului > Order (No …) of the Minister (for …)
• Ordonanţă a Guvernului (OG) > Government Order
• Ordonanţă de urgenţă a Guvernului (OUG) > Government Emergency Order
• proiect de lege > draft law
• promulgare > signing into law
• rezoluţie > Decision