Happy medium: Happy medium: Terminology and Terminology and terminography in the terminography in the electronic age electronic age Elizabeth Marshman Elizabeth Marshman University of Ottawa / University of Ottawa / Observatoire de linguistique Sens-texte Observatoire de linguistique Sens-texte 2010 JCTC Symposium 2010 JCTC Symposium University of Ottawa, 18 February 2010 University of Ottawa, 18 February 2010
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Happy medium: Happy medium: Terminology and Terminology and
terminography in the terminography in the electronic ageelectronic age
Elizabeth MarshmanElizabeth MarshmanUniversity of Ottawa / University of Ottawa /
Observatoire de linguistique Sens-texteObservatoire de linguistique Sens-texte2010 JCTC Symposium2010 JCTC Symposium
University of Ottawa, 18 February 2010University of Ottawa, 18 February 2010
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IntroductionIntroduction
Terminologists as early and Terminologists as early and enthusiastic adopters of technologiesenthusiastic adopters of technologies– DeliveryDelivery– Behind the scenesBehind the scenes
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Uses and Uses and usersusers
Typical users and applicationsTypical users and applications– Translators, writers, revisers, subject-Translators, writers, revisers, subject-
field experts…field experts… New perspectivesNew perspectives
– Easier access to documentationEasier access to documentationfor allfor all Value added from terminology workValue added from terminology work
– Increasing technology useIncreasing technology use Adapting presentation toAdapting presentation to
new interfaces (e.g. pretranslation) new interfaces (e.g. pretranslation)
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Terminology Terminology monitoringmonitoring
TerminometricsTerminometrics
Barçah
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Uses and Uses and usersusers
New situations and “users”New situations and “users”– Controlled-language checking Controlled-language checking – Information retrieval, e.g.Information retrieval, e.g.
Query expansionQuery expansion Cross-language information retrievalCross-language information retrieval
– Ontology buildingOntology building
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ConclusionsConclusions Technologies have transformed methods in Technologies have transformed methods in
terminology and terminographyterminology and terminography They have also transformed how we think They have also transformed how we think
about the terminology, its goals and its end-about the terminology, its goals and its end-usersusers
All three (technologies, terminology work, All three (technologies, terminology work, terminology theory) will continue to evolve terminology theory) will continue to evolve and influence one anotherand influence one another– Need for technology-savvy terminologists to Need for technology-savvy terminologists to
explore possibilities explore possibilities andand limitations of technology limitations of technology use, develop best practices, investigate use, develop best practices, investigate requirements of new uses and usersrequirements of new uses and users
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Steps for the futureSteps for the future Practicing terminologistsPracticing terminologists
– Increasing comfort with technologies and new resourcesIncreasing comfort with technologies and new resources– Helping to establish best practices for using new types Helping to establish best practices for using new types
of resourcesof resources– Target ways of meeting users’ needs and highlighting Target ways of meeting users’ needs and highlighting
value addedvalue added Future terminologistsFuture terminologists
– Dealing with increasingly heavy technological “load” in Dealing with increasingly heavy technological “load” in preparing for work, requirespreparing for work, requires Increasing comfort with technologiesIncreasing comfort with technologies Increasing critical thinking about technologiesIncreasing critical thinking about technologies
DevelopersDevelopers– Increasing familiarity with terminologists’ needs and Increasing familiarity with terminologists’ needs and
practices to develop even more useful toolspractices to develop even more useful tools
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Thanks!Thanks!
Thanks to the JCTC for the invitation Thanks to the JCTC for the invitation and organization, and to speakers and organization, and to speakers
and attendees for being here.and attendees for being here.
Enjoy the Symposium!Enjoy the Symposium!
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Online and freeware Online and freeware toolstools
DiCoInfo DiCoInfo (Marie-Claude L’Homme, Observatoire de linguistique Sens-(Marie-Claude L’Homme, Observatoire de linguistique Sens-texte)texte)http://olst.ling.umontreal.ca/cgi-bin/dicoinfo/search.cgi
Grand dictionnaire terminologique (OQLF) http://www.granddictionnaire.com