Online seminar - Terminology theory and terminology management
Unambiguous and self-explanatory terms and their consistent use are important for the comprehensibility of technical documentation and for efficient translations. These goals can no longer be achieved without the use of terminology management systems. This is why companies need to look at processes and methods for terminology work and use terminology management tools.
Your benefit
- You will learn the basic concepts of terminology and methods for obtaining terminological data.
- You will learn how to plan and implement IT solutions for terminology management.
- You will be introduced to terminology standards, terminology resources and best practices for terminology work.
- Participation in this continuing education event can also be credited toward tekom recertification.
Target group
Technical writers and editors and anyone who wants to introduce terminology management or develop and manage terminology effectively.
Contents
- Differentiation between designation, term and object
- Technical terms
- Polysemy
- Homonymy
- Synonymy
- Equivalence
- Language and cultural dependency of terms and concepts
- Information and terminology resources on the Internet
- Concept-oriented terminology work
- Terminology standards and best practices for terminology work
- Design and implementation of terminology management systems
- Data categories
- Input modeling
- Conceptual orientation
- Designation autonomy
- Procedures for extracting terminology from texts and checking terminology in texts
- Practical work with a terminology management system
Methods and evidence
- Participants receive detailed seminar documentation.
- Participants will receive a certificate of participation.
