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Collection of Pan-European Terminology Resources through Cooperation of Terminology Institutions

EuroTermBank is a project aimed at developing and implementing a unified terminological methodology for new EU member states. It will establish a network of terminology institutions, consolidate fragmented terminology resources, and create an online terminology data bank. Users will benefit from a single access point to comprehensive terminology resources in different languages and fields.

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Collection of Pan-European Terminology Resources through Cooperation of Terminology Institutions

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  1. Collection of Pan-European Terminology Resources through Cooperation of Terminology Institutions EUROTERMBANK Andrejs Vasiļjevs, Tilde, Latvia

  2. eContent Program Project • Contract Number: EDC - 22 267 • Duration: 24 months • 8 participants from Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Hungary, Poland, Germany, Denmark • Coordinator: Tilde company (Latvia) • Total cost of the project: EUR 3 292 200 • Max Community contribution: EUR 1 646 100

  3. Expected Results of the Project • Developed and implemented unified terminological methodology for new EU member states, aligned with best practices in EU • Established network of terminology institutions in region • Consolidation, harmonization and centralization of fragmented terminology resources • Operating online terminology data bank with links to various external term databases and banks

  4. Linguistic InfrastructureCreated/Strengthened • EuroTermBank goal is to facilitate Pan European terminology development process • Methodology for harmonisation of terminology processes in new EU member countries and for ensuring compatibility of terminological resources for data interchange and resource sharing • Networking of terminology-related institutions (creators and holders of terminology resources, major user organisations) on both national and multinational levels • Consolidation of terminology content from different sources and owners in unified database that is intelinked with other systems

  5. Users & Benefits for Users • Targeted to both terminology users and terminology creators • Single and free online access point to comprehensive terminology resources in different languages and fields • Effective dissemination of terminology resources • Involvement of general public in terminology development and dissemination through online discussions • Facilitation of professional terminology development through authorized online database tools and discussions • Easy to use and sophisticated search mechanisms taking into account language specifics

  6. Business Case • Free services: • At least 90% of content • Available to general public • Fee based services: • Added value services like compilation of term collections upon user requests (like terminology extracts for dictionary publishers) • Proprietary content • Revenue used to cover maintenance and further development costs • Authorization mechanisms to support commercial services

  7. Participants & Roles • Tilde, SIA – Latvia • Coordinator • Project management • System development and implementation • University of Applied Sciences Cologne – Germany • Networking of terminology institutions • Development of organisational and legal frameworks • Center for Sprogteknologi, University of Copenhagen – Denmark • Networking of terminology institutions • Development of methodology and standards • Lietuvių kalbos institutas (The Institute of the Lithuanian Language) – Lithuania • Awareness, dissemination • Marketing, and exploitation • Collection of national resources

  8. Participants & Roles • Latvian Academy of Sciences – Latvia • General content selection, acquisition and processing • Collection of national resources • MorphoLogic – Hungary • Requirements analysis and system design • Collection of national resources • Department of Estonian and Finno-Ugric Linguistics, University of Tartu – Estonia • Assessment, evaluation and system elaboration • Collection of national resource • Information Processing Centre – Poland • Collection of national resource • Awareness and dissemination on national level

  9. Thank youandWelcome to EuroTermBank soon! www.eurotermbank.com For further information and expression of interest in cooperation please contact:

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