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Language policies and terminology policies in Canada

  • Nelida Chan
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Handbook of Terminology
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Abstract

Language policies and terminology policies complement and influence each other. This is especially the case in Canada where bilingual, multilingual and indigenous language policies have shaped the linguistic landscape. To deal with the economic and cultural hegemony of the English language, Canadian policy-makers have opted mainly for legislative and legal measures to protect and promote minority languages, especially the French language.This chapter looks at key policies formulated by federal, provincial and territorial governments to examine how Canadian language policies have influenced terminology policies and used terminology management as an implementation tool. The overview and outcomes of Canadian language policies are cast against historical and present-day backgrounds.

Abstract

Language policies and terminology policies complement and influence each other. This is especially the case in Canada where bilingual, multilingual and indigenous language policies have shaped the linguistic landscape. To deal with the economic and cultural hegemony of the English language, Canadian policy-makers have opted mainly for legislative and legal measures to protect and promote minority languages, especially the French language.This chapter looks at key policies formulated by federal, provincial and territorial governments to examine how Canadian language policies have influenced terminology policies and used terminology management as an implementation tool. The overview and outcomes of Canadian language policies are cast against historical and present-day backgrounds.

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Introduction ix
  4. Foreword xvii
  5. Part I. Fundamentals for term base development
  6. Terms and specialized vocabulary 3
  7. Frames as a framework for terminology 14
  8. How to build terminology science? 34
  9. Terminology and lexicography 45
  10. Intensional definitions 60
  11. Enumerations count 82
  12. Associative relations and instrumentality in causality 101
  13. Ontological definition 128
  14. Domain specificity 153
  15. Getting to the core of a terminological project 180
  16. Part II. Methods and technology
  17. Automatic Term Extraction 203
  18. Terminology tools 222
  19. Concept modeling vs. data modeling in practice 250
  20. Machine translation, translation memory and terminology management 276
  21. Part III. Management and quality assurance (QA)
  22. Terminology work and crowdsourcing 291
  23. Terminology and translation 304
  24. Managing terminology projects 324
  25. Terminology management within a translation quality assurance process 341
  26. Managing terminology in commercial environments 360
  27. TBX: A terminology exchange format for the translation and localization industry 393
  28. Part IV. Case studies
  29. Using frame semantics to build a bilingual lexical resource on legal terminology 427
  30. Terminology and localization 451
  31. Part V. Language and terminology
  32. Language policy and terminology in South Africa 467
  33. Language policies and terminology policies in Canada 489
  34. Part VI. Terminology and interculturality
  35. The social and organizational context of terminology work 507
  36. Index 521
https://doi.org/10.1075/hot.1.lan2

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Introduction ix
  4. Foreword xvii
  5. Part I. Fundamentals for term base development
  6. Terms and specialized vocabulary 3
  7. Frames as a framework for terminology 14
  8. How to build terminology science? 34
  9. Terminology and lexicography 45
  10. Intensional definitions 60
  11. Enumerations count 82
  12. Associative relations and instrumentality in causality 101
  13. Ontological definition 128
  14. Domain specificity 153
  15. Getting to the core of a terminological project 180
  16. Part II. Methods and technology
  17. Automatic Term Extraction 203
  18. Terminology tools 222
  19. Concept modeling vs. data modeling in practice 250
  20. Machine translation, translation memory and terminology management 276
  21. Part III. Management and quality assurance (QA)
  22. Terminology work and crowdsourcing 291
  23. Terminology and translation 304
  24. Managing terminology projects 324
  25. Terminology management within a translation quality assurance process 341
  26. Managing terminology in commercial environments 360
  27. TBX: A terminology exchange format for the translation and localization industry 393
  28. Part IV. Case studies
  29. Using frame semantics to build a bilingual lexical resource on legal terminology 427
  30. Terminology and localization 451
  31. Part V. Language and terminology
  32. Language policy and terminology in South Africa 467
  33. Language policies and terminology policies in Canada 489
  34. Part VI. Terminology and interculturality
  35. The social and organizational context of terminology work 507
  36. Index 521
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