Terminological challenges in Europe in the 2010s. Terminology work in Catalan

1. Terminological challenges in
Europe in the 2010s
Terminology work in Catalan
Rosa Colomer
25th May 2011

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TERMCAT in its context
It is spoken in 7
territories belonging
to different states:
Spain, France,
Andorra and Italy by
more than 9 million
people.
It is understood
by 11 million
people.
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TERMCAT in its context
Catalan is
considered a
medium-sized
European
language
It is situated
between the 10 and
15 languages of the
world most active on
the Internet
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TERMCAT in its context
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TERMCAT’s activities today
1985, creation of TERMCAT
Mission:
To ensure the development and integration of Catalan
terminology into both specialist sectors and society in general
through the constant creation of innovative, quality tools in
permanent dialogue with experts and users.
Context:
TERMCAT’s activities take place within the framework of the
process of standardising the Catalan language and in a global
context determined by the knowledge society, diversity and
multilingualism.
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TERMCAT’s activities today
Terminology standardisation of the Catalan language
Development of terminological products
Terminology consulting services
Translation of standards into the Catalan language
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Terminology standardisation
Terminology standardisation includes:
1. Approving the Catalan forms of new terms
2. Establishing linguistic and methodological criteria for the Catalan
terminology
Specialist standardisation meeting Supervisory Council meeting
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Terminology standardisation
Loanword policy:
1. Looking for a Catalan alternative:
as
actuació (acting out), adreça
se
as
tja
electrònica (e-mail), finestra emergent
m ma
se
m
al
(pop-up window)
en en bú llyi ció
tra ltra
t ja
t a t e l· l n g
m
ct
am
2. Adapting the loanword or making a
l ’e s c o in g
en en m de esc
sc la
ct
loan translation:
am
vi
ol r
t e t e a l ’e o l
ct
a
in a lu ig u m e
nt ntr ton nto ar
bu ida es
im
bàner, ràfting, tai-txi-txuan, alta costura
tim m al
re e is rn
itz
(haute couture), polissó (free rider),
ac
ió
galeta (cookie)
n s
3. Adopting the loanword without
introducing any change:
amateur, atrezzo, best-seller, déjà-vu,
as libralis, damnatio memoriae, kame,
klippe, kopje, katsuobushi, belle
indifférence, eagle, chaise-longue
assetjament escolar
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Development of terminological products
IT sector
Information society
New technologies, Internet
Telecommunications
Videogames
E-commerce
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Development of terminological products
Business sector
Financial markets
Insurances
Audit and accounting
Corporate communication
Statistics
Economics
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Development of terminological products
Health sector
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Development of terminological products
Sports sector
New dictionary with12,000 terms, definitions, equivalences in Spanish, French
and English
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Terminology consulting services
Cercaterm
Cercaterm: online multilingual enquiry service
 200,000 files with more
than 900,000
denominations
 Multilingual search
engine
 Thematic classification
 New proposals
 Helpdesk service
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Terminology consulting services
Projects
Text books
IT products
Catalogues
Classifications
Thesaurus
Legal texts
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Terminology consulting services
Localization
Windows 98
Windows Live
Office 2003
OpenOffice
Blackberry BIM
Sony Bravia
HPQ305
HPQ405
DTT Decoder
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Terminology consulting services
Downloadable terminology
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Translation of standards
In accordance with the cooperation
agreement signed in 2005 with
AENOR, TERMCAT is the authorised
centre for translating the UNE and
ISO-UNE standards into Catalan.
The procedure employed in translating
these standards follows the guidelines
laid down in the ISO:UNE 15.038
standard for translation services.
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25th anniversary
Barcelona, 6th of April 2011
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Focus on service provision
Team work of Dictionary of psychiatry
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Focus on service provision
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The methodology basis
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Cooperation with experts
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