{"id":32,"date":"2025-05-13T12:58:42","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T12:58:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.sidekick.be\/untranslate\/?page_id=32"},"modified":"2025-05-19T14:17:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T14:17:12","slug":"style-guides","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/demo.sidekick.be\/untranslate\/style-guides\/","title":{"rendered":"Style guides"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_medium\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_grid cols_1-4-1 laptops-cols_inherit tablets-cols_inherit mobiles-cols_1 valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"w-iconbox iconpos_left style_default color_primary align_left no_text\"><div class=\"w-iconbox-icon\" style=\"font-size:72px;\"><i class=\"fas fa-gem\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"w-iconbox-meta\"><h1 class=\"w-iconbox-title\">Style Guide<\/h1><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Untranslate attaches great importance to the <strong>wishes of its customers&#8217;<\/strong> content owners. At the start of each project a number of <strong>choices<\/strong> are presented, including language, style and terminology. These preferences are poured into a <strong>style guide<\/strong>, which is accessible to project staff at all times.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The aim of a style guide is to provide everyone involved in the project with <strong>client-specific linguistic guidelines and conventions<\/strong> that differ from, or are more appropriate than, references to the standard language. These conventions are drawn up on the basis of <strong>concrete examples<\/strong>; <strong>specific needs<\/strong> are taken into account as well.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The style guide covers, among other things, <strong>stylistic preferences<\/strong> in terms of layout and style, and will help you make the right <strong>choices<\/strong> when translating and localising (web) content and other communication materials.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Possible topics that are covered in the style guide, per language:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Direction to reference materials<\/li>\n<li>Normative references<\/li>\n<li>Informative references<\/li>\n<li>Language-specific conventions\n<ul>\n<li>Country and regional standards<\/li>\n<li>Script<\/li>\n<li>Date and time notation<\/li>\n<li>Number formatting<\/li>\n<li>Grammar, syntax and orthographic conventions<\/li>\n<li>Prepositions and pronouns<\/li>\n<li>Capitalisation<\/li>\n<li>Compounds<\/li>\n<li>Punctuation<\/li>\n<li>Singular\/plural<\/li>\n<li>Symbols and non-breaking spaces<\/li>\n<li>Syntax<\/li>\n<li>Style and register considerations<\/li>\n<li>Audience<\/li>\n<li>Abbreviations and acronyms<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We will be happy to organise a workshop to bring such choices to the surface.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Contact us for more info or request a free quote.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-btn-wrapper align_right\"><a class=\"w-btn us-btn-style_3\" href=\"https:\/\/demo.sidekick.be\/untranslate\/#contact\"><span class=\"w-btn-label\">Contact Us<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Style Guide Untranslate attaches great importance to the wishes of its customers&#8217; content owners. 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