In:The Corporate Terminologist
Kara Warburton
[Terminology and Lexicography Research and Practice 21] 2021
► pp. v–x
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Table of contents
List of figures
List of tables
Glossary
Typographical conventions
Preface
Part 1Foundations of terminology
Chapter 1What is terminology management?
Terminology and terminography
Terminology management
Chapter 2Theories and methods
Theories
Onomasiology and semasiology
Thematic versus ad-hoc terminography
Prescriptive and descriptive terminography
Reflections on theory and practice
Chapter 3Principles
Univocity
Concept orientation
Term autonomy
Data granularity, elementarity and integrity
Repurposability
Interchange
Data categories
Part 2Commercial terminography
Chapter 4Definition, motivation, challenges
The commercial environment
Does commercial content contain terminology?
Motivation for managing terminology
The historical confines to translation
The terminologist as a working professional
The advent of XML
Lack of suitable models
The value of corpora
Terminology problems and challenges
Relevant literature
Chapter 5Terms in commercial content
Terms considered by word class
Terms considered by length
Proper nouns
Variants
Chapter 6Applications
Where can terminology be used?
Content management
Translation
Authoring
Search
Extended applications
Chapter 7Towards a theoretical framework
Statement of the problem
Termhood and unithood
Microcontent
Elements of a new theory and methodology
Part 3Planning a corporate terminology initiative
Chapter 8The proposal
Organizational position
Standards and best practices
Users and their roles
Stakeholder engagement
The authoring community
Business case
Implementation plan
Approval
Chapter 9The process
Access mechanisms and user interfaces
Stages and workflows
The terminology audit
Inclusion criteria
Chapter 10Data category selection
Computer-assisted translation
Controlled authoring
Concept relations
Search
Subsetting
Data category proposal
Chapter 11The terminology management system
Standalone or integrated
Core features
Languages and scripts
Term entry
Import and export
Views
Search
Access controls
Relations
Workflows, community input
Administrative functions
Part 4Implementing and operating the termbase
Chapter 12Create the termbase
The data model
Controlling access
Views and filters
Workflows
Chapter 13Launch the termbase
Initial population
Beta test
Launch
Documentation and training
Community outreach
Chapter 14Expand the termbase
Term extraction
Concordancing
Target language terms
New concepts
Chapter 15Maintain quality
The termbase-corpus gap
Field content
Backups
Leveraging opportunities
Conclusion and future prospects
Further reading and resources
Bibliography
Index
