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Translation Bureau - The Pavel Terminology Tutorial
Introduction – Overview
Terminology Research Principles
Methodology for Creating Terminology Records
Tools
Standardization
Supporting Documentation
Glossary
 
Linguistic Papers by Silvia Pavel
 

5.5.6. Exercises

Exercise 1

Read each of the three scenarios and decide which terminology product(s) would be most appropriate to disseminate the standardized terminology.

You are working as the terminologist assisting a standardization committee to develop the terminology specific to their standard. Which terminology product would be the most appropriate?

Scenario 2

You are a member of a standardization committee selecting the technical terms and drafting the definitions for a series of standards on a variety of food products. Which two terminology products would you recommend?

You are a member of a terminology committee for an industry association that has decided to promote the standardized terminology of all its members by making it accessible on the association's Web site. Which terminology product would you recommend as the most appropriate?

Read the sentence below, and choose the missing word(s) that complete it best.

For terminological standardization products, the minimal specifications are a single or preferred term and a  Choice of answers : designated term, sentence, definition, specification. Please select the proper answer in the selection box.  .

 

  


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