TermCymru

New Terms: 121 terms were added or amended on 27 March 2026. You can browse these by making an empty search, which will display all records in the termbase, and sorting the results by newest last updated date.

Updated Legislative Reference Materials: New versions of the Legislative Translation Style Guide and the Legislative Drafting Glossary are now available - 9 April 2026

New Translation Memories: 10 new Translation Memories were added to BydTermCymru on 10 April 2026.

Download TermCymru: The complete copy of TermCymru was updated on the Download TermCymru page on 27/03/26, and a copy has also been added to the dataset in our HuggingFace repository.

Searchable resources

  • A searchable database of terms used by Welsh Government translators in their everyday work.

  • Advice and guidance for those translating general texts. You can search specific words or browse by section.

Subject-specific lists

  • Lists of terms in specific fields, including race and ethnicity terms, LGBTQ+ terms, and COVID-19 key terms.

  • Lists of the names of all electoral wards in Wales and the names of all monuments in Cadw's care, as well as information about the List of Standardised Welsh Place-names and the list of English counties by the Welsh Language Commissioner.

  • Lists of the names of states, UK Crown Dependencies and UK Overseas Territories.

Other resources

About

  • BydTermCymru is the portal for the Welsh Government Translation Service's resources.

  • Here you will find information about how to use the resources on BydTermCymru.