Terminology symposium and workshop at Euralex 201027 Apr 2010

The Dutch Terminology Service Centre and the Dutch Association for Terminology will organize a symposium and a workshop on terminology during Euralex 2010 in Leeuwaarden. You can read more here: http://taalunieversum.org/taal/terminologie/programme_...

The dream of a terminologist28 Aug 2009

I’m dreaming of a terminology workbench. A software environment with customizable terminology management work-flow. Such a program should (just like a translator’s workbench for the translation process) automate the different steps of termino...

language and meaning28 Aug 2009

“…meaning is not ‘in’ language; rather, language is like recipe for constructing meaning, a recipe which relies on a lot of independent cognitive activity.” (John I. Saeed: Semantics p.319) ...

Controlled language and translation28 Jul 2009

Not long time ago Tedopres International BV, a provider of technical documentation services with headquarters in the Netherlands, has launched its Controlled Language website for English (also known as simplified English). The main objective of a con...

Sfep – annual conference17 Jul 2009

Just a day or so after I had published my blog on “the death of the reviewer” I found this: SfEP AGM and 20th annual conference Editing in the 21st century Vanbrugh College, University of York Sunday 13 to Tuesday 15 September 2009 Here ...

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