Handbook of Terminology Management, Volume 2

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Sue Ellen Wright, Gerhard Budin
John Benjamins Publishing, Jan 1, 2001 - Language Arts & Disciplines - 549 pages
The Handbook of Terminology Management is a unique work designed to meet the practical needs of terminologists, translators, lexicographers, subject specialists (e.g., engineers, medical professionals, etc.), standardizers and others who have to solve terminological problems in their daily work.
In more than 900 pages, the Handbook brings together contributions from approximately 50 expert authorities in the field. The Handbook covers a broad range of topics integrated from an international perspective and treats such fundamental issues as: practical methods of terminology management; creation and use of terminological tools (terminology databases, on-line dictionaries, etc.); terminological applications.
The high level of expertise provided by the contributors, combined with the wide range of perspectives they represent, results in a thorough coverage of all facets of a burgeoning field. The lay-out of the Handbook is specially designed for quick and for cross reference, with hypertext and an extensive index.
See also Handbook of Terminology Management set (volumes 1 and 2).

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Contents

The Handbook of Terminology Management Introduction to Volume II
371
Section 6 Information Management
379
Section 61 ComputerAssisted Thesaurus Management
381
Section 62 Terminology and Indexing
419
Section 63 The Role of Terminology in Retrieving Information
426
Section 7 Commercial and Industrial Applications
443
Section 71 Terminology in Technical Writing
445
Section 72 Industrial Management
467
Section 82 Database Applications and Products
643
Section 83 Terminology and Machine Translation
697
84 CorpusRelated Applications
725
Section 85 Terminology Resources on the Internet
845
Information Boxes
859
Appendix I Abbreviations
895
Appendix II Terminology Management Standards
901
Authors Biographical Information
906

Section 8 Computer Applications for Terminology
537
81 Database Management Methods
539

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