Tarptautinė terminologijos vasaros mokykla 2005 „Terminologijos tvarkyba: teorija, praktika ir taikymas“

INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL OF TERMINOLOGY 2005 TERMINOLOGY MANAGEMENT: THEORY, PRACTICE AND APPLICATION The International Summer School of Terminology was held in Cologne in July 2005. Terminology management: theory, practice and application. The organizers of this annual training are the Institute of Information Management of the University of Applied Sciences in Cologne and the International Terminology Network Termnet. The lecturers are renowned professors from Germany, Austria, Denmark, Belgium and the USA. The five-day theoretical and practical training gathered over 30 participants from all over the world: translators, lecturers, researchers, students, employees of state and European Union institutions, academics, academics of the University of Vilnius and the University of Vilnius. The lectures covered the concepts of term, terminology, terminology management, methods of terminology management, terminology management tools, their types, translation work, copyrights. The participants were introduced and trained to work with time management systems. Professor Heribert Picht of the Copenhagen Business School introduced the audience to the basic concepts of terminology: specialist communication, specialized language, terminology, terminology functions, terminology in the lecture series Fundamentals of theory: models, concepts, terms, objects and Terminology work, based on the standards of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). After defining the concepts of the term, terminology work, he emphasized the main principles of term creation: linguistic (clarity, systematic, regularity, productivity, unambiguity, brevity, clear motivation, convenience), sociolinguistic (usefulness, aesthetics, compliance with language policy) and methodological (creation with specialists, compliance with existing models, use of own language resources and compliance with the terminology system). Professor Gerhardas Budinas of the University of Vienna, in his lectures "Conceptual relationships, systems, ontologies and the creation of a global semantic network: from terminology to ontologies and knowledge organization systems" raised the problem of conceptual relationships, conceptual systems and stated that both terminology and ontologies are aimed at data management, information processing and organization. OntoEdit, CORPORUM, CIDOC CRM ontologies creation programs were presented. In the lecture Multilingual Risk Management Terms Glossary Reference System, we talked about the terminology project being developed in cooperation with various international institutions and organizations. In computer science, an ontologies is a specification of a set of concepts in a particular field, i.e., a list of concepts with instructions and descriptions. 178 profile and covers various fields, social strata, languages, cultures, texts. This dictionary relies mainly on the context of terms, links between terms and texts, translations, focusing on definitions, conceptual models and ontologies. He emphasized that in this project the main forms of terminology management are the interpretation and description of cultural and linguistic diversity. Professor Sue Ellen Wright from the University of Kent, USA, introduced the concepts of technological processes, project planning and the general goals of terminology management in her lecture Terminology Management. He provided examples of traditional, rational, universal terminology. He emphasized that the terminology management work is carried out by project managers, linguists, terminologists and specialists in the subject areas. The professor distinguished the following stages of terminology management: term submission, term article creation, data entry, modification (updating or replacement), verification (carried out by a terminologist or a specialist in the subject area), approval or withdrawal, standardization, publication. The professor introduced computerized terminology management systems — SDL WorkFlow Service, Trados TeamWorks, Star Translation Workflow Server, Lionstream Workflow and others. The structure of terminology databases, terminology data, their arrangement, levels, other data categories were discussed in the lecture Terminology management data categories, in the lecture Definitions and context — about the components of definitions, usual spelling requirements, definitions in databases. Emphasized that the definition of a term or concept must always include a reference to the subject field. In the lecture Recognizing Terms, Professor Sue Ellen Wright spoke about online terminology resources, stating that it is always necessary to evaluate the accuracy, reliability and relevance of online sources. The search engine Google faces the problem of synonymy and homonymy, and online dictionaries face the problem of source reliability and volatility. The search results must be evaluated in terms of meaning and terminology, i.e. the meaning, usage, synonyms, abbreviations, equivalents, definitions of the detected term must be taken into account. The professor stated that the following CARS criteria should be followed: reliability, i.e. assessment of the reliability of the author or sponsor of the website, accuracy and validity, i.e. connection with other known sources of information. One lecture is also devoted to the economic aspects of terminology. In the lecture on the organization of copyright terminology, we talked about the basic principles of copyright, protected and unprotected types of intellectual property. The role of the terminologist in terminology work, what copyright protects and what does not protect in terminology management was discussed. Informed that the legal protection of databases and their contents is provided for in Directive 96/9/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council. 179 Professor Frieda Steurs (Lessius Hogeschool) talked about translation issues in medical terminology. Translations in medical fields account for the majority of all translations, and classification systems are very important, for example, there are over 19,000 classifications in biomedicine. Introduced to WHOART, Snomed, ICD & ICD-9-CM classification systems and other sources, Medical terminology translators need to critically evaluate sources, specialized and non-specialized dictionaries, encyclopedias, journals. In the lecture Technical documentation, we mainly talked about individual translation techniques. To create and translate technical documents well, you need to check sources, manage terminology and view content. Professor Klaus Dirk Schmitz from the University of Applied Sciences Cologne spoke about terminology databases in his lecture on Data Modeling. In order to create a useful database, you need to select the appropriate data categories, provide appropriate data connections. He emphasized that terminology management is successfully realized by selecting the appropriate data categories, modeling the term articles, choosing the appropriate term management tool or software. In the lecture Terminology management systems spoke about the importance and benefits of term databases. After presenting examples of software Multiterm and TermStar, he focused on the problems of creating terminology databases. After briefly reviewing the history of the development of term management systems, he presented their types: systems with defined and undefined article structure. The professor said that the new term management systems are not adapted to specific use cases, such as the needs of small groups and teaching. In order to create a proper database structure, reference should be made to ISO standards: ISO 704, ISO 1087, ISO 12620, ISO 12200. In the lecture Software localization terminology, it was discussed that clear, motivated and consistent terminology facilitates the use of software. In the exercises, the participants were mainly trained to work with the term management software Mudtiterm — to plan the structure of the daomen database, select data categories, create an individual database. The participants of the summer school were presented with certificates and shared their experiences and impressions during the final interview. The International Summer School of Terminology is particularly useful for those who are interested in practical terminology and are mainly involved in the translation of terms, document management and the creation of databases. Robertas STUNŽINAS Received 2005-12-09 Lithuanian Language Institute P. Vileišio g. 5, LT-10308 Vilnius E-mail robertasst(2lki.lt 180