Language (policy), translation and terminology in the European Union
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Márta Fischer
Abstract
The aim of this paper is to analyse the impact of an EU language and translation policy and the peculiarities of translation and term-creation in an EU context. I first present the legal basis for a language and translation policy, focusing on national-level involvement in corpus planning, and, secondly, I analyse how institutional translation policy and practice affect the linguistic (language, text) and extra-linguistic (translator, receiver) aspects of translation. Thirdly, by revealing the complexity of conceptual systems at an EU-level and extending the model of Sager (1990), I analyse the stages of multilingual primary and secondary term-creation in an EU context. In the creation of secondary terms I draw a distinction between intra-conceptual and inter-conceptual term-transfer. I finally outline the linguistic and conceptual variability of EU terms.
Abstract
The aim of this paper is to analyse the impact of an EU language and translation policy and the peculiarities of translation and term-creation in an EU context. I first present the legal basis for a language and translation policy, focusing on national-level involvement in corpus planning, and, secondly, I analyse how institutional translation policy and practice affect the linguistic (language, text) and extra-linguistic (translator, receiver) aspects of translation. Thirdly, by revealing the complexity of conceptual systems at an EU-level and extending the model of Sager (1990), I analyse the stages of multilingual primary and secondary term-creation in an EU context. In the creation of secondary terms I draw a distinction between intra-conceptual and inter-conceptual term-transfer. I finally outline the linguistic and conceptual variability of EU terms.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction 1
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Section I. Terminology and smaller language
- Synonymy and variation in the domain of digital terrestrial television 11
- Language (policy), translation and terminology in the European Union 21
- The situation and problems of Hungarian terminology 35
- Translation-oriented terminology work in Hungary 47
- Towards a national terminology infrastructure 61
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Section II. Best practices in terminology management
- Terminology on demand 81
- Frames, contextual information and images in terminology 97
- How much terminological theory do we need for practice? 123
- Ontological support for multilingual domain-specific translation dictionaries 137
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Section III. Possibilities of terminological databases for different applications
- In praise of effective export terminology 149
- Computer aided term bank creation and standardization 163
- Competency-based job descriptions and termontography 181
- Proposals to standardize remote sensing terminology in Spanish 195
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Section IV. Terminology in a medical setting
- The PERTOMed project 213
- Instrumentality in cognitive concept modelling 233
- Biographical notes 255
- Author index 263
- Subject index 267
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction 1
-
Section I. Terminology and smaller language
- Synonymy and variation in the domain of digital terrestrial television 11
- Language (policy), translation and terminology in the European Union 21
- The situation and problems of Hungarian terminology 35
- Translation-oriented terminology work in Hungary 47
- Towards a national terminology infrastructure 61
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Section II. Best practices in terminology management
- Terminology on demand 81
- Frames, contextual information and images in terminology 97
- How much terminological theory do we need for practice? 123
- Ontological support for multilingual domain-specific translation dictionaries 137
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Section III. Possibilities of terminological databases for different applications
- In praise of effective export terminology 149
- Computer aided term bank creation and standardization 163
- Competency-based job descriptions and termontography 181
- Proposals to standardize remote sensing terminology in Spanish 195
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Section IV. Terminology in a medical setting
- The PERTOMed project 213
- Instrumentality in cognitive concept modelling 233
- Biographical notes 255
- Author index 263
- Subject index 267
