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FAOTERM: Procedures and workflow in the FAO terminology system

FAOTERM: Procedures and workflow in the FAO terminology system. I. Alldritt & A. Crespel – GICM / FAO – 2006. Scope and purpose.

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FAOTERM: Procedures and workflow in the FAO terminology system

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  1. FAOTERM: Procedures and workflow in the FAO terminology system I. Alldritt & A. Crespel – GICM / FAO – 2006

  2. Scope and purpose • Provision and maintenance of a terminology collection in FAO’s fields of activities and in its official languages with a view to ensure linguistic consistency and give support to: • Linguists (translators, interpreters, editors, etc.) • FAO Technical divisions (writers, researchers, etc.) • General public I. Alldritt & A. Crespel – GICM/FAO – 17/05/06 – Slide 2

  3. Source of information • FAOTERM was built over the years through: • Analysis and extraction made on FAO technical documentation • Proposals made by linguists and domain experts • Integration of existing terminology collections in relevant areas of work • Cooperation projects for building the language equivalents, in particular in Arabic and Chinese I. Alldritt & A. Crespel – GICM/FAO – 17/05/06 – Slide 3

  4. Main data management issues • Ensure immediate and dynamic creation and availability of new concepts in all languages • Ensure maintenance and update of existing concepts • Enhance linguistic validation through the incorporation of all users in the workflow • Ensure interoperability with existing systems I. Alldritt & A. Crespel – GICM/FAO – 17/05/06 – Slide 4

  5. Data management and workflow - Current situation No. Users: 6 Daily terminology creation and management External users’ (FAO and non-FAO) consultation No. Users: 10,000 FAOTERMMultiTerm FAOTERMInternet Translator searches and feedback Monthly update No. Users: 25 Integration in Trados’ Workbench Interpreters’ Glossaries No. Users: 6 No. Users: 5 I. Alldritt & A. Crespel – GICM/FAO – 17/05/06 – Slide 5

  6. Data management and workflow - New approach Daily terminology creation and management External users’ (FAO and non-FAO) consultation Integration in MultiTrans’ TermBase Regular export FAOTERMMultiTerm FAOTERMInternet FAOTERMSYS Translator searches and feedback Regular export Integration in Trados’ Workbench Interpreters’ Glossaries I. Alldritt & A. Crespel – GICM/FAO – 17/05/06 – Slide 6

  7. Users’ profiles and roles Workflow I. Alldritt & A. Crespel – GICM/FAO – 17/05/06 – Slide 7

  8. FAOTERM content FAOTERMReference FAOTERMPublic FAOTERMTemporary 70,000 records (9,000 titles) ARABIC 50,000 ENGLISH 70,000 SPANISH 67,000 FRENCH 69,000 ITALIAN 9,000 CHINESE 50,000 SCI NAME 9,000 67,000 draft records 40 temporary records projects feedback cooperation I. Alldritt & A. Crespel – GICM/FAO – 17/05/06 – Slide 8

  9. FAOTERM content…. • Subjects: • Environment: • Term Record: Domains: 181 Acoustics, Acridology, …Woodworking, Zoology. 1267 records …+ Agriculture, Biology, Biotechnology, Climatology, Cartography, FI, FO, Plant Production, Remote Sensing, Water Management….. Admin: Entry Source; Reliability; Subject, Workflow, PB, HQ……………. Term, Grammar, Synonym, Related Term, Variant, Abbreviation, Language Equivalents… Definition, Source, Content, Remarks, Comments (textual support)… I. Alldritt & A. Crespel – GICM/FAO – 17/05/06 – Slide 9

  10. Other Resources • FAO • Biotechnology, Phytosanitary, Land Tenure, Forestry… • UN, EU • UNTERM, Eurodicautom, Interpreters glossaries; exchange forum (JIAMCATT) • Others • Termium, DGLF, INRA, CITES, CNR, CINFO, CINDOC, CoE, IUFRO, GTZ, DFID, etc. • Internet general I. Alldritt & A. Crespel – GICM/FAO – 17/05/06 – Slide 10

  11. Next challenges • Interoperability vs. Integration • Cooperation • Responsiveness/adaptability I. Alldritt & A. Crespel – GICM/FAO – 17/05/06 – Slide 11

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