"Professional translators are the crucial link between businesses and their success in international markets. The content they convey across languages very often includes specialised terminology. But how much exactly should translators know about terminology and its management and how should they deal with it? Can translators write like experts without being experts? What tools and technologies can assist translators in the management of terminology? This ground-breaking book addresses these and other questions in detail and is fully illustrated with case studies ranging from high-profile organisations to language service providers (LSPs)"-- Provided by publisher.
Professional translators are the crucial link between businesses and their success in international markets. The content they convey across languages very often includes specialised terminology. But how much exactly should translators know about terminology and its management and how should they deal with it?
Professional translators are the crucial link between businesses and their success in international markets. The content they convey across languages very often includes specialised terminology. But how much exactly should translators know about terminology and its management and how should they deal with it? Can translators write like experts without being experts? What tools and technologies can assist translators in the management of terminology? This ground-breaking book addresses these and other questions in detail and is fully illustrated with case studies ranging from high-profile organisations to language service providers (LSPs).
For established professionals, this book updates their knowledge of best practices in terminology management. For translator trainers, it provides a thorough overview of the aspects of terminological theories that are useful for translators, shows how the theory can underpin the design and creation of terminological databases for translators and offers a wide range of ideas for discussion, exercises and examples. For trainee translators, it explains why they should bother with terminology management at all and offers guidance on acquiring, storing and using their terminological resources efficiently, dispelling common misconceptions about terms and terminological work.
With clear explanations and summaries, activities, discussion points, further reading and links to resources, this book is the ultimate introductory text and reference resource, covering everything translators ever wanted to know about the terminological side of their work.
List of Figures and Tables
Series Editors Foreword
Acknowledgements
Acronyms
About This Book
Part II: Theories, Research, Applications, Integrations
1. Translators and Terminology Management
2. Terms, Concepts, Domains
3. Key Terminological Theories and Approaches
4. Designing Your Termbase: Principles and Considerations
5. Populating and Using Your Termbase
6. Tools for Terminology Management
Part II: Case Studies: Introduction to the Case Studies
7. Governmental Case Study: The Translation Bureau
8. Large International Organisation Case Study: The World Bank
9. Case Studies on Commercial Organisations
10. Terminological Best Practices and Quality Management
Bibliography
Appendix
Index
Marķa Fernįndez-Parra is an Associate Professor in Translation at Swansea University, where she is the Director of the MA Professional Translation and MA Translation and Interpreting. She has co-authored Translation Tools and Technologies, also in this series, with Andrew Rothwell, Joss Moorkens, Joanna Drugan and Frank Austermühl. She is also a Chartered Linguist at the Chartered Institute of Linguists (CIOL), an Academic Member of the Institute of Translation and Interpreting (ITI), and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA). She is a past Secretary of Swansea Universitys Language Research Centre (LRC), a past Treasurer of APTIS (Association of Programmes in Translation and Interpreting in the UK and Ireland) and is currently the Director of STING, the Swansea Translation and INterpreting Research Group at Swansea University.
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