Use style rules

The style rules feature allows you to select a set of rules to apply when translating or improving text.

Learn more about style rules in this article.

Use style rules 

Create a list of style rules

DeepL account holders and team admins can create a list of style rules. To define a new rule, users have the following options:

• Select one of multiple predefined options per rule
• Create a new rule via Write your own rules feature

To create a new list of style rules, follow these steps:

1. Click the Style rules icon in the navigation bar
2. Click New list
3. Chose a name for the list and the language you wish to create the list of rules for
4. Your new list will appear in the overview, select it to edit
5. Any changes you make will be saved automatically

Now you can add new rules to your list via one of the options mentioned above.

To create a new rule via Write your own rules, do the following:

1. Open an existing list or create a new one
2. Click Write your own rules
3. Enter a rule name
4. Specify the rule by entering a text instruction
5. Optional: Use Preview your rule to view an example of your applied rule
6. Click Save

The new instruction can now be applied to your own texts and translations. You can also enable or disable an instruction for Translator and Write by checking the respective box.

Share a list of style rules with your team

Only DeepL account holders and team admins can create style rules lists. However, team admins can share their lists with their team members, as well as give them editing rights.

1. Click the Style rules icon in the navigation bar
2. Click the more options icon next to the list you wish to share
3. Enter the email address of the person you wish to share the list with and click Add
   Or
   Click to enable Share with everyone for everyone in your team to be able to use the list of style rules

When sharing your list with individual team members, their email addresses will appear under Who has access. There, you can decide what role you want to assign to that person.

• Editor: this person can edit the style rules list, even if they are not a team admin
• Viewer: this person can use the style rules list, but not edit it
• Remove: remove access to the style rules list for this person

Delete a list of style rules

Only DeepL account holders and team admins can delete style rules lists. To delete an existing list of custom rules, follow these steps:

1. Click the Style rules icon in the navigation bar
2. Click the more option icon next to the list you wish to delete
3. Click Delete

Style rules lists can be deleted by all team admins.