Style guide

Our Style Guide: your guarantee for uniformity!

Rest assured, English texts from Schrijf.be are:

• correct: spelling and grammar are checked meticulously;
• uniform: all writers and translators follow our Style Guide;
• targeted at the right audience: they are accessible and clear.
   

Our English translators and copywriters all follow the guidelines described in our Style Guide. We have a Dutch Style Guide and an English Style Guide. Both can be consulted online.

English Style Guide: our sources

Our decisions concerning grammar and style are never random.
They are based on the leading reference works in the English language:

• New Oxford Style Manual, containing:
  • New Hart’s Rules
  • New Oxford Dictionary for Writers and Editors
• The Chicago Manual of Style (for US audience)
• Style Guide of the European Commission Directorate-General for Translation
• (Butcher's) Copy-editing: The Cambridge Handbook for Editors, Copy-editors and Proofreaders.

> Download our English Style Guide in PDF format.
> Download our Dutch Style Guide in PDF format.