Appendix 1 Online editorial resources

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For issues not addressed in “FAOSTYLE: English” please use the below resources.

Note that some of the links below are internal documents. If you are an external collaborator and require access to any of these resources, please ask your hiring manager.

Spelling and word usage

Oxford English Dictionary

Oxford Learner's Dictionary –choose “Search Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary” in the search bar

Terminology

FAO Term Portal – collection that includes terms and definitions related to the various topics covered by FAO in all six FAO languages (plus Italian and Latin for taxonomies)

UNTERM – the United Nations terminology database

IATE – the terminology database of the European Union

AGROVOC – the FAO thesaurus, which serves as a controlled vocabulary for indexing publications and datasets in agricultural science and technology

Style matters

FAOSTYLE for Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish

Chicago Manual of Style

United Nations Editorial Manual

International Plant Protection Convention style guide

Time zone abbreviations

Language resources

Library of Congress transliteration tables

UN Disability-Inclusive Communications Guidelines

Country names and geographical designations

NOCS – Names of countries and territories database

M49 – Standard country or area codes for statistical use

Maps in FAO documents – Cheat sheet on correct map usage

Other

Practical implications of the ONE FAO approach for publications as set out in DG BULLETIN 2023/15

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