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Are you on your way to LocWorld48? Come by booth 103, meet Ioannis Iakovidis and Gustaf Sjögren and try some Swedish candy and learn more about TermWeb incl exiting news!
Terminology management with TermWeb enjoys growing interest from major language service providers
Terminology management is the process of documenting terms in a systematized and orderly fashion. The process can be as simple as creating a list of terms that appear in a text and their equivalents in the target languages, or as complex as creating concept maps and diagrams of how concepts are related to each other.
Indigenous languages revitalized with TermWeb
More than 6000 languages in the world face a crucial risk of extinction. They have fewer than 100.000 speakers. Some of them have even been subject to linguicide (language killing) as it has been a common trait throughout history that indigenous people have been forced to use a majority language instead of their own. Today
The transformation of energy systems requires a new and comprehensive terminology.
Politicians and business leaders around the world are scrambling to lay the foundation for a climate-neutral global energy infrastructure. A prerequisite for this successful energy transition is to develop international standards, definitions, safety rules and regulations and, of course, the terminology to describe all aspects of these systems. Aiming for a circular and energy-efficient energy
TermWeb used as database management software for DatCatInfo.
DatCatInfo, is a free online resource aimed to harmonize the use of data categories across various disciplines within the linguistic research communities and language industries. DatCatInfo is the Data Category Repository (DCR) that replaces the former ISOcat. It was developed according to the ISO 12620:2019 series of standards. DatCatInfo is maintained by LTAC Global / TerminOrgs, an ISO TC37
“The Corporate Terminologist” – a must read for anyone interested in terminology as a discipline and practice!
The Corporate Terminologist, by Kara Warburton, is the first monograph that addresses the principles and methods for managing terminology in content production environments that are both demanding and multilingual, such as those found in global companies and institutions. It describes the needs of large corporations and how those needs demand a new, pragmatic approach to terminology
