Terminology Management for Translators

A Guide for Students, Trainers and Professionals
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-29906-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 318 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: Routledge Introductions to Translation and Interpreting

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.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Professional

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fernandez-Parra, Maria

Fernández-Parra, María

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Übersetzungswissenschaft, Translatologie, Dolmetschen
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures

List of Tables

Series Editor’s Foreword

Acknowledgements

Acronyms

About this Book

 

Part 1: 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 2: 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

Über Autor(innen)

Dr María Fernández-Parra is a senior lecturer and researcher 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 Austermuehl. 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 University’s 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.