LISA Forum Europe

Day 1 - Theory, fundamentals, business value
09:00 - 09:20	Welcome and Introduction
09:20 - 10:15	What is terminology? Why is terminology management important? Developing a business case.
10:15 - 10:45	Coffee Break
10:45 - 12:15	Fundamentals of terminology theory What is a term? Lexicology versus terminology Synonymy and homonymy Monolingual, bilingual, and multilingual data Prescriptive versus descriptive terminology
12:15 - 13:30	Lunch
13:30 - 14:30	Data categories: terms, grammatical information, translations, definitions, abbreviations, and more
14:30 - 15:00	Coffee Break
15:00 - 16:00	Identifying your needs Who are your stakeholders? What are the practical business needs? Controlled authoring requirements Translation requirements Other user requirements Tools dependencies
16:00 - 17:00	Best practices ISO standards LISA standards and guidelines
Day 2 - Technology, tools, and process workflow
09:00 - 10:15	Technological considerations Separating translatable content Data design principles Markup formats Interoperability and dependencies Input and output formats Annotation
10:15 - 10:45	Coffee Break
10:45 - 12:15	Tools review Terminology functions in translation memory systems Term extraction tools Full-fledged terminology databases Controlled authoring aids
12:15 - 13:30	Lunch
13:30 - 15:00	Defining an end-to-end process Roles and responsibilities Term identification Term evaluation and modification Packaging for translation Storing in a central repository Recycling and repurposing
15:00 - 15:30	Coffee Break
15:30 - 17:00	Extended applications of terminology: search engines, machine translation… Wrap-up

This program is developed by IBM.

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