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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
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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).
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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:
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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.
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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:

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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.
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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:
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- 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.
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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