IATE 2 : Modernising the EU’s IATE terminological database to respond to the challenges of today’s translation world and beyond

Zorrilla-Agut, Paula; Fontenelle, Thierry

doi:10.1075/term.00034.zor

Article published In: Terminology and e-dictionaries
Edited by Amparo Alcina, Rute Costa and Christophe Roche
[Terminology 25:2] 2019
► pp. 146–174

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IATE 2

Modernising the EU’s IATE terminological database to respond to the challenges of today’s translation world and beyond

Paula Zorrilla-Agut | Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union (CdT)

Thierry Fontenelle | Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union (CdT)

Published online: 26 November 2019

https://doi.org/10.1075/term.00034.zor

Abstract

The redevelopment of the European Union’s interinstitutional terminology database IATE (InterActive Terminology for Europe) has been an opportunity to rethink the technologies, architecture and data structure of the system in order to prepare it for future challenges, including interoperability, modularity, scalability and data exchange, among other things. This article describes which strategies are being put in place to allow IATE data – one of the largest multilingual terminology databases in the world – to be consumed by third-party tools, particularly computer-assisted translation environments (CATEs). The modernisation of the application, aligning it with the latest software and systems engineering standards and technologies for the benefit of all users and for improved data management by EU linguists, is also described.

Keywords: IATE, European Union, terminology database, termbase, terminology management, term recognition, data structure, computer-assisted translation environments, interoperability, accessibility

Article outline

1.Background information on IATE
2.Exploring new ways of consuming terminological data
3.About the data structure
4.Strategies for successful consumption of IATE data
5.Improved data management for higher data quality and integrity
6.Delivering terminology to IATE users
7.Closing the circle: term extraction and terminology project management possibilities
8.Front-end improvements
9.What about communication?
10.Future steps
Acknowledgements
Notes
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