Zertifizierung EN 15038

Intelligent databases for your terminology

Keeping track of your terms

Uniform usage of technical and business-specific terminology is an important factor in establishing a professional corporate image. Creating and maintaining a terminology database is a complex task that pays enormous dividends over the long term by improving both original-language and translated materials. Here are some of the benefits:

• Having clearly defined terminology expectations avoids misunderstandings and time-consuming discussions. If each department maintains its own glossary, these can be merged into a company-wide terminology database and quickly made accessible to all employees.
• A terminology database represents a large body of knowledge that should be used not only for translations, but also for uniform communication with internal and external stakeholders.
• Having an effective multi-department workflow for proposing and approving terminology increases acceptance and helps ensure that the terminology will remain up-to-date and correct.
  We use two main tools to efficiently and transparently manage your internal and technical terminology: SDL MultiTerm and quickTerm.
• SDL MultiTerm is an effective tool for creating terminology databases in the source language and all desired target languages. It also keeps track of other valuable information like definitions, proper context, source references, graphics, usage tips, and others. This tools helps ensure that both internal employees and external translation providers comply with your terminology specifications at all times. In addition, terminology extraction technology makes it easy to filter out relevant terminology from existing texts.
• QuickTerm (visit www.quickterm.at) is a user-friendly look-up and workflow tool for your company's terminology. This software was developed by our sister company Kaleidoscope www.kaleidoscope.at. It interfaces with SDL MultiTerm and makes it easy for employees in every department to look up terms from any Windows application. QuickTerm also provides a well-organized terminology workflow that allows your employees to propose, approve, and update new terms.