International Terminology Summer School - Cologne , 15 - 19 July 2013 Terminology Workflows and Interfaces Diana Brändle dbterm terminologieservice
International Terminology Summer School - Cologne , 15 - 19 July 2013
Terminology Workflows
and Interfaces
Diana Brändle
dbterm terminologieservice
International Terminology Summer School - Cologne , 15 - 19 July 2013
Terminology Workflows / Tools
International Terminology Summer School - Cologne , 15 - 19 July 2013
Terminology Processes
Extract
Import
Validate
Standardize
Manage
Collaborate
Expand
Improve
Use
Integrate
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Example: Project Terminology Workflow
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Terminology Workflows – Data Flow Management
ISO 26162 - Systems to manage terminology,
knowledge and content — Design, implementation
and maintenance of terminology management
systems:
Importance of data flow management
Data are
• Created
• Acquired
• Revised
• Processed
• Integrated
• Interchanged
• Made available
Managing the data flow avoids
data duplication
data conflict
inequitable division of labour
inefficient workflow
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Life-Cycle Workflow
• Success Factors:
– Collaboration
– New term request,
change request,
feedback
– Voting and approval
– Constant Marketing
for User Buy-In
Source: K. Fleischmann
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Terminology Workflow Features and Tools
• Integrated features
- Automatic e-mail notification,
e.g. in [i]-match
- Defined rules about releasing entries,
e.g. in UniTerm Enterprise
- Comments function with e-mail notification,
e.g. in termXplorer
• Add-on Tools
- e.g. quickTerm
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Terminology Workflow Feature
Integrated workflow
feature in [i]-match
Term
proposals
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quickTerm:
- Collaborative platform
- Add-on for
SDL MultiTerm Online
Terminology Workflow Tool – quickTerm
SDL MultiTerm Online
Source:
http://www.termterm.org
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quickTerm – Term Request
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quickTerm – Overview of Term Requests
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quickTerm
quickTerm –
Term request
details
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quickTerm –
created entry
in MultiTerm
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quickTerm –
Approval
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quickTerm
• Term Requests
• Approvals
– Cascaded or in parallel
– Voting or „first wins“
• Translation Tasks
• Collaborative
• Taskbox and Chat
• Change Management
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Workflow Status
- released
- draft
On index/language
level
Terminology Workflow Tools
Usage Status
- preferred
- deprecated
- admitted
On term level
e.g. quickTerm
Terminological entry
in MultiTerm with
workflow and usage
status
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Terminology Workflow Tools
Two separate status fields
when setting up a
termbase
Workflow
Status
- released
- draft
On index
(language) level
Usage Status
- preferred
- deprecated
- admitted
On term level
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Terminology and Interfaces
International Terminology Summer School - Cologne , 15 - 19 July 2013
Terminology and Interfaces
Interlinked solutions
and systems
Terminology in the centre
International Terminology Summer School - Cologne , 15 - 19 July 2013
1. CAT-Tools
2. Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) or Product Lifecycle Management
(PLM) systems
3. Authoring Tools
4. Terminology Workflow Tools
5. Quality Control Tools
6. Electronic dictionaries
7. Machine-assisted translation tools
Future: Knowledge Management – Semantic Web?
Terminology and Interfaces
International Terminology Summer School - Cologne , 15 - 19 July 2013
Interfaces: CAT Tools
• Fully integrated, e.g. Studio <-> MultiTerm
• Active term recognition
• Active term checks
• On-the-fly term entry
• Collaborate via quickTerm
International Terminology Summer School - Cologne , 15 - 19 July 2013
CAT = Computer-Assisted Translation
Translation Memory Systems; e.g. SDL Trados Studio
Term
Recognition
Window
Hitlist Settings
Interfaces: CAT Tools
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• Definition
• Status
• Part of Speech
• Usage Register
Interfaces: CAT Tools
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Source in anonymous form: BIK
Interfaces: CAT Tools
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Status and Source
Source – public and visible for every one?
Bob Idaho-Kourney
Interfaces: CAT Tools
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Bibliography short and full form
as “languages“
Termbase definition in MultiTerm with fields for
bibliographic information
Picklist field
Type of entry
- bibliographical entry
- terminological entry
Interfaces: CAT Tools
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Terminological and bibliographical entries
Hyperlink
Interfaces: CAT Tools
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ERP = Enterprise Resource
Planning System
PLM = Product Lifecycle
Management Systems
ID (Key)
Limited character space
Capital letters
Interfaces - ERP or PLM systems
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Interfaces: Authoring Tools
Terminology
Control
Similar
sentences
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Interfaces - Authoring Tools
Status
for each term
Record forbidden or
deprecated terms
SDL Author Assistant
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Authoring Tools – Different Status Values
E.g. CLAT (Congree) Acrolinx SDL Author Assistant
Status preferredForm
admittedForm
deprecatedForm
preferred
admitted
deprecated
proposed
non-term
It is possible to define
further status values
Forbidden term
Preferred term
Terminology Import from
external termbase
Internal Terminology
Management System
Import from external
termbase
Local or server based
MultiTerm database
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e.g. Acolada or iFinger
Interfaces - Electronic dictionaries
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e.g. LinguaTec
Part of speech
- noun
- adjective
- verb
Grammatical gender
- m
- f
- n
Number
- singular
- plural
Interfaces - Machine-Assisted Translation
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• New role for terminology: Terminology as the basis for
information and knowledge management / semantic web
www.iglos.de
Terminology :
central
control mechanism
for communication
Future: Knowledge Management - Semantic Web
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Terminology and Technical Interfaces
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Conclusion
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Questions / Comments
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References
• Brändle, D., SDL Automn Terminology Webinar Series; From
Chaos to order – A strategy for terminology success; Webinar 3:
Terminology and technical interfaces, 2012
• Fleischmann, Klaus, Terminology Processes
And Interfaces, International Terminology Summer School 2012,
Vienna
• iglos,
http://www.iglos.org/fileadmin/templates/4823/docs/iglos_funnel
_poster_en.pdf TermNet Tools Study; 2013
• Wright, S. E., Real-World Terminology Management
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!
Any questions? Feedback and general impressions!
This presentation is also available online at:
http://www.termnet.org/english/events/tss_2013/presentations.php