Letter case in English-Spanish

In English, upper cases are used much more than in Spanish. For example, it is very common to see initial letters of words written with upper case in the title of books or articles. This can be confusing for translators when they are starting their career as they might not know when to use upper or lower case in English and Spanish. Find below some basic guidelines:

	English	Spanish
Languages and nationalities	English	inglés
Days of the week	Monday	lunes
Governmental positions	The President of the Government The Mayor of Seville	El presidente del Gobierno El alcalde de Sevilla
Public institutions	The Tourism Board The Andalusian Government The Town Council The Parliament The Conservative party	El Patronato de Turismo La Junta de Andalucía El Ayuntamiento El Parlamento El partido conservador (pero el Partido Popular)
Specific geographical sites	The River Thames Lake Windermere Mount Kilimanjaro	El rio Támesis El lago Windermere El monte Kilimanjaro
Cardinal points	The North	El norte