A Practical Course in Terminology ProcessingSince the advent of the computer, terminology management can be carried out by almost anyone who has learnt to use a computer. Terminology management has proved to be an efficient tool in international communications in industry, education and international organisations. Software packages are readily available and international corporations often have their own terminology database. Following these developments, translators and terminologists are confronted with a specialised form of information management involving compilation and standardisation of vocabulary, storage, retrieval and updating.A Practical Course in Terminology Processing provides the key to methods of terminology management for the English language, for general and specific purposes. This unique course has been developed on the basis of years of teaching experience and research at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST, UK) and is particularly suitable for translation courses, freelance translators, technical writers, as well as for non-linguists who are confronted with terminology processing as part of their profession. The 1996 reprint of the paperback edition includes an index. |
Contents
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Chapter Three THE LINGUISTIC DIMENSION | 55 |
Chapter Four THE COMMUNICATIVE DIMENSION | 99 |
Chapter Five COMPILATION OF TERMINOLOGY | 129 |
Chapter Six STORAGE OF TERMINOLOGY | 163 |
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appropriate areas characteristics classification collection communication complex compounds Computational Linguistics concepts conceptual system context created defined definition designation dictionaries discipline documents English entities entry term EURODICAUTOM example existing expressed function hierarchy identified individual information retrieval information science Infoterm knowledge structure language planning lexical items lexicography lexicology lexicon linguistic forms loan translation machine-readable Machine-readable dictionaries means methods monolingual names natural language natural language processing networks nomenclatures nouns objects on-line onomasiological organisations particular possible practice precision principles production related terms relationships relevant represent representation scientific semantic semantic networks sender special languages special subject specialist specific speech acts standardised terms storage subject field subsets synonyms systematic technical techniques term banks term formation term record termino terminological data terminological information terminology compilation terminology processing theoretical thesauri tion translation equivalents types usage note users variants vocabulary word