Workflow of terminology database creation. Special Edition for ITI web-site

1. Effective Environment for Successful
Terminology Management
Software developer
Context Data:
PDFs, HTML, etc.
Data to localize:
.json, .xml, .js, RC,
.yml, etc.
Localization
Vendor
Independent
Testers
and
Reviewers
Bilingual CAT
formats
.xliff, .ttx, etc.
Loc. Builds
Terminology
Storage & QA
Infrastructure
Data Terminology

2. Term Mining Procedures
Usual ways
• Term extraction utilities, based on statistical methods
• Manual gathering from bilingual content at the localization stage
• Ideally: Glossary development must go in parallel with
documentation writing
Online Term Mining tools
• Promt.ru
• Yahoo Term Extraction API
• fivefilters.org/term-extraction/
• TerMine
• SynchroTerm
• and many other extractors
Built-in tools
Terminology extraction tools are often provided by CAT Tools vendors

3. Term Life Cycle
Offered
Pre-Approved Banned
Postponed
Approved
Obsolete
Legacy
Set status namesLet your terms
come alive
Create your
own statuses

4. Term Approval Workflow
 Term Discussions
 Track History
 Subscriptions
 E-mail Notifications
 Term change digests
Simple
Setup your own Term Approval workflows
Your Project
Use terminology management
Editor
SME
Customer
Complex

5. Content owner
Translation team
Community
Combine activity zones
Use crowdsourcing
Let the owner be closer
Manage permissions to
create the most effective
terminology workflow
Synergy

6. Interoperability
Implement terminology management in your processes
TBX
SDL TRADOS
Multiterm
Excel
Export
Import
Public API