<strong>management</strong> <strong>tools</strong>, which may address the above-mentioned needs, although <strong>in</strong> the limitedway. The <strong>study</strong> will <strong>in</strong>volve theoretical <strong>in</strong>troduction <strong>in</strong>to <strong>term<strong>in</strong>ology</strong> <strong>management</strong> as ascientific discipl<strong>in</strong>e <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g a brief historical outl<strong>in</strong>e, followed by a suggestedmethodology <strong>of</strong> evaluation and an exemplary evaluation procedure compar<strong>in</strong>g three<strong>term<strong>in</strong>ology</strong> <strong>management</strong> <strong>tools</strong>. The author would like to emphasize that all the <strong>tools</strong>selected for presentation <strong>in</strong> the thesis were available for test<strong>in</strong>g for free, and no s<strong>of</strong>twareprovider sponsored this project. The reason<strong>in</strong>g beh<strong>in</strong>d the selection <strong>of</strong> particular <strong>tools</strong> isgiven <strong>in</strong> the fourth chapter <strong>of</strong> the thesis.In order to demonstrate the features <strong>of</strong> the <strong>tools</strong>, term<strong>in</strong>ological databases werecreated <strong>in</strong> the programs selected. As a corpus for <strong>term<strong>in</strong>ology</strong> extraction for the termbases,the author used a number <strong>of</strong> sources (see Appendix I). The selected programs were <strong>in</strong>stalledon two computers, both hav<strong>in</strong>g W<strong>in</strong>dows XP for the operat<strong>in</strong>g system. One had 256 MBRAM, the other 128 MB RAM. In both cases Office 2003 was used.6
CHAPTER ITERMINOLOGY – BASIC CONCEPTS1. INTRODUCTIONThis thesis conta<strong>in</strong>s four chapters, each devoted to a different aspect <strong>of</strong> the <strong>study</strong> <strong>of</strong><strong>term<strong>in</strong>ology</strong> <strong>management</strong> <strong>tools</strong>. This chapter acts as an <strong>in</strong>troduction to <strong>term<strong>in</strong>ology</strong> and<strong>term<strong>in</strong>ology</strong> <strong>management</strong> <strong>in</strong> general. First the readers will be presented with the def<strong>in</strong>itions<strong>of</strong> basic concepts <strong>of</strong> this discipl<strong>in</strong>e. The historical background <strong>of</strong> <strong>term<strong>in</strong>ology</strong> <strong>management</strong>will <strong>in</strong>troduce the most important developments <strong>in</strong> this branch <strong>of</strong> knowledge. The f<strong>in</strong>al part<strong>of</strong> this chapter will be devoted to illustrat<strong>in</strong>g the significance <strong>of</strong> <strong>term<strong>in</strong>ology</strong> <strong>management</strong>and <strong>term<strong>in</strong>ology</strong> <strong>management</strong> <strong>tools</strong> <strong>in</strong> translation.2. DEFINITIONSThe notions central to <strong>term<strong>in</strong>ology</strong> <strong>management</strong>, and thus to this thesis, are term andconcept. As def<strong>in</strong>ed by Trippel “term is the language sign for a concept. This language signdoes not necessarily have to be a s<strong>in</strong>gle word, but it can also be a set <strong>of</strong> words - a fixedphrase - used only to denote a specific concept. Terms are not language <strong>in</strong>dependent whileconcepts are.”(Trippel 1999).The term <strong>term<strong>in</strong>ology</strong> has two possible <strong>in</strong>terpretations. The first one says that it is aspecialist vocabulary, used <strong>in</strong> a particular subject field, also referred to as technical jargon.The other reference <strong>of</strong> this term is the theory or science deal<strong>in</strong>g with the relations betweenterms and concepts (Trippel 1999). Another def<strong>in</strong>ition states that it is ‘a structured set <strong>of</strong>concepts and their designations (graphical symbols, terms, phraseological units, etc.) <strong>in</strong> aspecific subject field.’ (POINTER 1996). On the whole, it is an <strong>in</strong>terdiscipl<strong>in</strong>ary branchwhich <strong>in</strong>volves both theoretical and practical aspects <strong>of</strong> creation, <strong>in</strong>troduction, <strong>in</strong>terpretation,usage, validation, evaluation, correction and classification <strong>of</strong> terms. There are a number <strong>of</strong>applications <strong>of</strong> <strong>term<strong>in</strong>ology</strong>, among which the most significant are: standardization, researchand development, market<strong>in</strong>g communications, consumer <strong>in</strong>formation, language eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>gapplications, knowledge eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g, computer-aided language learn<strong>in</strong>g (CALL), distancelearn<strong>in</strong>g, computer-aided <strong>in</strong>struction (CAI), technical writ<strong>in</strong>g, corporate <strong>in</strong>formation7
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