Terminology tools

Steurs, Frieda; De Wachter, Ken; De Malsche, Evy

doi:10.1075/hot.1.ter3

In:Handbook of Terminology: Volume 1
Edited by Hendrik J. Kockaert and Frieda Steurs
[Handbook of Terminology 1] 2015
► pp. 222–249

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Terminology tools

Frieda Steurs | KU Leuven

Ken De Wachter | KU Leuven

Evy De Malsche | KU Leuven

Published online: 13 March 2015

https://doi.org/10.1075/hot.1.ter3

Article outline

1.Introduction
2.Tools
- 2.1SDL MultiTerm: the market leader
- 2.2MemoQ: voted the best TMS tool
- 2.3Wordbee: the cloud
- 2.4I-Term: the ISO-standard
- 2.5TermTreffer: the exception
3.Parameters
4.Analysis
- 4.1SDL MultiTerm
  - 4.1.1Presentation
  - 4.1.2Interface
  - 4.1.3Record structure
  - 4.1.4In-/output
  - 4.1.5Manual input
  - 4.1.6Term extraction/conversion
  - 4.1.7Interchangeability
  - 4.1.8Integration in translation environment
- 4.2MemoQ
  - 4.2.1Presentation
  - 4.2.2Interface
  - 4.2.3Record structure
  - 4.2.4In-/output
  - 4.2.5Manual input
  - 4.2.6Extraction/conversion
  - 4.2.7Interchangeability
  - 4.2.8Integration in translation environment
- 4.3Wordbee
  - 4.3.1Presentation
  - 4.3.2Interface
  - 4.3.3Record structure
  - 4.3.4In-/output
  - 4.3.5Term extraction/conversion
  - 4.3.6Interchangeability
  - 4.3.7Integration in translation environment
- 4.4I-Term
  - 4.4.1Presentation
  - 4.4.2Interface
  - 4.4.3Record structure
  - 4.4.4In-/output
  - 4.4.5Term extraction/conversion
  - 4.4.6Interchangeability
  - 4.4.7Integration in translation environment
- 4.5TermTreffer
  - 4.5.1Presentation
  - 4.5.2xtraction process
  - 4.5.3Term bases
  - 4.5.4Corpora
5.Conclusion
Notes
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