Terminology on demand
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Claudia Dobrina
Abstract
With all due deference to the emerging e-society and its needs, the acquisition and exchange of knowledge in a plain human-to-human way, remains highly relevant. In these Google times, when you can wash out a plenitude of information with just a few clicks, many still prefer to ask a professional terminologist for help with their terminological problems; at least in Sweden, where a terminological query service operated by TNC, the Swedish national centre for terminology, has been providing users with terminological information on demand since the 1940s. This paper gives an overview of TNC’s terminological query service and discusses the sine qua nons for its effective functioning. It also describes query processing procedures and challenges that terminologists face in their aspiration to meet users’ terminological needs.
Abstract
With all due deference to the emerging e-society and its needs, the acquisition and exchange of knowledge in a plain human-to-human way, remains highly relevant. In these Google times, when you can wash out a plenitude of information with just a few clicks, many still prefer to ask a professional terminologist for help with their terminological problems; at least in Sweden, where a terminological query service operated by TNC, the Swedish national centre for terminology, has been providing users with terminological information on demand since the 1940s. This paper gives an overview of TNC’s terminological query service and discusses the sine qua nons for its effective functioning. It also describes query processing procedures and challenges that terminologists face in their aspiration to meet users’ terminological needs.
Chapters in this book
- 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
Chapters in this book
- 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
