Terminotic applications in the Republic of Moldova

224 Inga D uţă | Te mino icapplica ions Gab iela Şaganean | in heRepublico Moldo a Te mino ic applica ions in he Republic o Moldo a INGA DRUŢĂ Ins i u eo Philology,Academyo Scienceo Moldo a GABRIELA ŞAGANEAN Moldo aS a eUni e si y Te minological dic iona ies, including he elec onic ones, a e e icien ools o p omo ing na ional e minologies and connec ing o he cu en in e na ional e minology. An elec onic dic iona y o e ms c ea ed acco ding o mode n ules is an excellen sou ce o mas e ing he specialized languages and o e icien ans e o knowledge om a cul u e in o ano he ha con ibu es o acili a ing he in e cul u al and in e linguis ic dialogue. Te minological conce ns we e de e mined by p og ess o new sphe es o science – igge ing neologisms – as well as by he endency owa ds globaliza ion and mul ilingual socie ies, and he need o uni y he e mi- nologies quickly and e icien ly. We a e going o e e o he expe ience o he Na ional Cen e o Te minology a he Ins i u e o Philology in Chisinau in he gi en ield and o simila p oduc s om he Republic o Moldo a. Compiling elec onic e minological dic iona ies has mul iple social, scien i ic, cul u al, economic implica ions. I is necessa y o es ablish mode n e minological da a banks wi hin he esea ch cen es in he Re- public o Moldo a ha ope a e in e ac i ely and con ibu e o he Roma- nian Language ins i u ionaliza ion as o icial language. A signi ican s ep in c ea ing a mode n elec onic e minological dic- iona y is he Dic iona yo LegalTe ms a ailable on he web page o he Cen e o Legal In o ma ion a he Minis y o Jus ice o he Republic o Moldo a (h p://www.jus ice.md/md/dic/). The dic iona y is monolingual, explana o y wi h e m de ini ion in Romanian compiled in alphabe ical 225Te minologija | 2012 | 19 o de and comp ises abou 700 e ms. The alue o his wo k is indispu - able and due o he ac ha he Moldo an socie y is bilingual and mo e open o he con ac s wi h he o he languages and cul u es, i is impo an o comple e he dic iona y wi h e minological equi alen s in Russian, English and F ench as well as o ex end / upda e i cons an ly by in ol - ing specialis s and e minologis s- ansla o s. The de ini ions o e ms a e gi en acco ding o he legisla ion o he Republic o Moldo a – a ac ha gi es he e minological uni s a cha - ac e o o icial e minology i.e. alida ed. The p esen o ma o he dic iona y mus be e ised by changing i in o a e minological da a base ha will be mo e compac on he web page and mo e con enien o he use s. Ano he e mino ic wo k in he Republic o Moldo a is he Elec onic Romanian–Russian and Russian–Romanian Dic iona y RORUS, c ea ed by he Company PRIMASOFT (Chisinau). 226 Inga D uţă | Te mino icapplica ions Gab iela Şaganean | in heRepublico Moldo a Basic Fea u es: ° Russian–Romanian and Romanian–Russian; ° 200,000 wo ds and ph ases ansla ed om one language o ano he ; ° A quick swi ch om one language o ano he ; ° Mode n lexicological basis; ° Di ec ansla ion om ex ual edi o s MS Wo d e c. h ough com- bina ion o keys; ° Possibili y o a oiding he use o diac i ical symbols o he Roma- nian language; ° Finding wo ds h ough he way o combining in ph ases (selec ing); ° Sec ions: gene al,economic,legaland echnical. In e ace o he RORUS Dic iona y: 227Te minologija | 2012 | 19 RORUS is a comme cial p oduc and is a ailable on CD ha can be ins alled in a single compu e wi h a code being p o ec ed om copying. The ins alled e sion in he use ’s compu e is upda ed pe iodically by accessing p oduce ’s web page. On-line e sion o he RORUS dic- iona y ope a es on he page h p:// o us.ne /. On-line e sion o he RORUS Dic iona y: PRIMASOFT c ea ed he Romanian–English and English–Romanian Elec onic Dic iona y ROMEN using he same model and wi h he sim- ila in e ace, ha comp ises 200,000 wo ds and ph ases. This p oduc consis s o he ollowing sec ions: gene al, economic, legal, echnical, ope a ing in on-line e sion oo: h p://lide a.com/. Bo h dic- iona ies ha e been compiled wi h he pa icipa ion o he specialis s om he Na ional Cen e o Te minology in Chisinau. 228 Inga D uţă | Te mino icapplica ions Gab iela Şaganean | in heRepublico Moldo a In Ma ch 2012, he Na ional Cen e o Te minology and he PRIMASOFT Company signed a coope a ion ag eemen . Cu en ly, on-line e sions o he RORUS and ROMEN dic iona ies a e managed by he Na ional Cen- e o Te minology ha cons an ly upda es hem. Bo h dic iona ies a e in e ac i e, ollowing he mul i an. u model. Use s can eques e ms and ph ases on he websi e ha a e no ound in he dic iona ies and can con ibu e wi h hei own a ian s o ansla ion ha a e e i ied and alida ed by NCT expe s. The page www.lide a.com has 13,198 egis e ed use s, who pay an annual subsc ip ion o se ices and he daily numbe o eques s is a ound 1000–1200. Ano he impo an e mino ic applica ion is ITeC: In oTe minog aphe Communau ai e (Da abase on Communi y law), c ea ed a he In e - na ional F ee Uni e si y o Moldo a. The s uc u e o he e minological eco d: 1) da a e e ing o e ms: basic o m o he e m, g amma ical ca ego y, e ymology, abb e ia ed o ms, equi alen s in o he languages, he e m On-line Ve sion o he ROMEN Dic iona y: 229Te minologija | 2012 | 19 in he con ex , ph aseological uni s om he legal domain, commen a ies om di e en sou ces ha can make clea he meaning o he gi en e m h ough hei con en ; 2) da a e e ing o concep s: de ini ion, polysemy, synonyms, an onyms, hipo-/hype onyms; 3) da a o an o ganisa ional cha ac e : used sou ces, he da e o he eco d, he pe son who eco ded he e m. ITeC add ess is h p://lhome ko ski.ulim.md/app/lawdex.php; i p o ides equi alen s in ou languages: Romanian, F ench, English and Russian. The ollowing headings a e a ailable o he ITeC use : Ap oposde l’ITeC, Moded’emploi, Co pus and Con ac ez-nous, which con ain da a wi h e minological and in o ma i e cha ac e . The heading Ap oposdel’ITeC con ains he pa a ex o he p oduc . He e one can ind he desc ip ion o he da abase, i s ad an ages a e emphasized, he ca ego ies o use s a e es ablished and he explana ions abou he used sou ces a e gi en e c. 230 Inga D uţă | Te mino icapplica ions Gab iela Şaganean | in heRepublico Moldo a The heading Moded’emploi is a guide o using he base. Explana ions and examples ega ding he possibili ies o sea ching e ms h ough di - e en ways as well as he desc ip ion o he Communi y Law op ions can be ound he e. One o he mos impo an componen s o he ITeC is he heading Co pus, consis ing o ou pa s co esponding o hose ou languages o he base, con aining he mos impo an EU ac s in o ce. ITeC design allows he legisla i e co pus o be comple ed in an unlim- i ed olume when new ea ies and o he EU o icial ac s come in o o ce. The heading Con ac ez-nous ensu es he con ac be ween he base admin- is a o and he use . The e o s o he Na ional Cen e o Te minology om Chisinau ega d- ing he c ea ion o he e minological da abase began in 2000, he p ojec was inished in 2008 (being opened o e ision / la e upda ing). Wi hin he TD he concep s a e ep esen ed by e ms ha belong o he ollowing ca ego ies: 231Te minologija | 2012 | 19 - ad isable e ms (desc ip o s), ha ep esen exac ly he concep s ha hey a e associa ed o and whose usage is ecommended by ce ain sou ces; - s anda dized e ms whose usage is egula ed by he s anda ds; - a ou i e e ms used mo e equen ly han he desc ip o s; - e ms ha a e no ecommended and whose usage should be a oided. The e minological eco d o he TD comp ises 16 ields, he da e o egis a ion is added o and a ached au oma ically o i . A e minog aphic eco ding in he da abase includes he ollowing in o - ma ion ega ding he concep : he linguis ic label ( he e m ha names he concep ), domain, de ini ion in Romanian, he sou ce o de ini ion, he con ex , equi alen s in Russian, F ench, English ( o plan s, species, med- ical e ms, e c. – also in La in), he accep ed o no ecommended synonyms, he symbol, abb e ia ion, eco ding s a us ( alida ed, sugges ion). As me ada a, he g amma ical ea u es and he e minog aphe ’s name a e p esen ed o e e y concep . Some eco ds a e accompanied by no es ega ding he s a us o he usage o he s o ed e ms. 232 Inga D uţă | Te mino icapplica ions Gab iela Şaganean | in heRepublico Moldo a Using TD consis s o choosing he language ollowed by yping he sea ched e m in he sea ch casse e indica ing o no he domain: The e minological da abase o he NCT comp ises abou 20,000 o e - minological eco ds om mo e han 40 domains. Cu en ly he specialis s om he NCT upda e and comple e he e minological eco ds om he TD, iden i y he domains and make e o s ega ding eco d alida ion. Te minology da abase o he NCT is made on GesTE pla o m, an applica ion e m s o age c ea ed in Timisoa a (Romania), in a p ojec unded by he La in Union. GesTE is a lexible p og am, adap able o any desi ed con igu a ion da abase. Te minological da abase o he NCT is a ailable on he in e ne : h p:// cn .md/ges e/index.php?ac ion=sea ch and may be used by hose who a e in e es ed in i wi hou any es ic ions, being an e icien ool in p omo ing he na ional e minologies. Since 1989 ( he yea o ounda ion), he Na ional Cen e o Te minol- ogy has se mo e majo objec i es: c ea ing a a ou able amewo k o e minological esea ch; elabo a ing mul ilingual e minological esou ces