Klaus-Dirk Schmitz
List of John Benjamins publications in which Klaus-Dirk Schmitz is involved.
2025 Terminology — From Wüster to AI: The case of Germany and Austria Handbook of Terminology: Volume 4. Terminology planning in Europe, Resi, Rossella and Frieda Steurs (eds.), pp. 447–464 | Chapter
Germany and Austria are renowned for their terminology activities and initiatives, despite the lack of a centralised institution for general language policy or terminology planning in these countries. Eugen Wüster, an Austrian engineer and the founder of terminology as a discipline and science,… read more
2025 Chapter 22. Terminology in Germany: Theory, research, education and application Terminology throughout History: A discipline in the making, Warburton, Kara and John Humbley (eds.), pp. 476–487 | Chapter
Germany has a long tradition in terminology science and terminology management, influenced by researchers from Austria and the Nordic countries. This article starts with the beginnings of this historical evolution, shows the influence of Eugen Wüster, and gives insights about the beginnings of… read more
2015 Terminology and localization Handbook of Terminology: Volume 1, Kockaert, Hendrik J. and Frieda Steurs (eds.), pp. 451–463 | Chapter
New industries, like the information technology industry, depend on the creation of new terminology to communicate the new concepts and products developed. In the case of building software products, terminology is particularly important because the terms are operational components of the product… read more
2007 Indeterminacy of terms and icons in software localization Indeterminacy in Terminology and LSP: Studies in honour of Heribert Picht, Antia, Bassey E. (ed.), pp. 49–58 | Chapter
This paper examines the relationship between terminology management practices in the software development and localization process and the empowerment of end-users. It shows that because a positive evaluation of the software use experience is often premised on clear and consistent terminology,… read more
2001 8.1.5 Terminology Interchange Handbook of Terminology Management: Volume 2: Application-Oriented Terminology Management, Wright, Sue Ellen and Gerhard Budin (comps.), pp. 613–642 | Article
2001 8.1.1 Criteria for Evaluating Terminology Database Management Programs Handbook of Terminology Management: Volume 2: Application-Oriented Terminology Management, Wright, Sue Ellen and Gerhard Budin (comps.), pp. 539–551 | Article