Training
The first two days of the conference will be dedicated to the training of (South) Africans in terminology management and the most innovative and available ways of accessing multilingual terminological resources for different user communities. Approximately two hundred delegates will receive training during these two days.
Experts on terminology management and experts in related fields have agreed to come and provide training. These experts are mainly from the United States of America, Germany, Austria, Romania and the Netherlands.
The training will entail ways of improving global accessibility to multilingual terminological resources for different users of terminology in the South African society. Emphasis is placed on the specific needs of South Africans regarding terminology management.
Programme
Training Sessions
| TRAINING COURSE ON THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF TERMINOLOGY AND TERMINOGRAPHY | |
| Venue: University of Pretoria, 2-27 Education Building | |
| Monday, 17 February 2003 | |
| 07:30 - 08:30 | Registration |
| Chairperson: Prof. Klaus-Dirk Schmitz | |
| 08:30 - 08:45 | Welcome
and Opening Address: Chief Director NLS, Dr Nomso Mgijima |
| 08:45 - 10:45 | Introduction
to Terminology: Prof. Heribert Picht, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark |
| 10:45 - 11:15 | Tea break |
| 11:15 - 11:45 | Terminological
Definitions Prof. Georgeta Ciobanu, "Politehnica" University of Timisoara, Romania |
| 11:45 - 12:15 | Terminology
creation and terminography Prof. Frieda Steurs, Lessius Hogeschool, Belgium |
| 12:15 - 12:45 | Terminology
management principles Prof. G Budin, University of Vienna, Austria |
| 12:45 - 13:45 | Lunch |
| Chairperson: Prof. Frieda Steurs | |
| 13:45 - 14:45 | Term
Extraction/ Term Recognition in Documents
(A Practical Lesson) Mr. Mark Childress, SAP AG, Walldorf, Germany |
| 14:45 - 15:15 | Copyright
Issues Affecting Terminology in Electronic
Environments Dr. Christian Galinski, TermNet. Austria |
| 15:15 - 15:45 | Tea break |
| 15:45 - 16:30 | Term
mining - Methods for finding terminology
and terminology-related data via the world
wide web Prof. Klaus-Dirk Schmitz, Fachhochschule, Köln, Germany |
| 16:30 - 17:00 | Terminology
standardisation and interchange Prof. G Budin, University of Vienna, Austria |
| Tuesday, 18 February 2003 | |
| Chairperson: Prof. G Budin | |
| The
Case of Legal Terminology: Problems that can arise in court due to language and cultural differences |
|
| 08:00 - 08:30 | Language of the
Law: Fiction or Reality Mr. SSE Sambo PanSALB |
| 8:30 - 09:00 | The
Unrepresented Accused and the Language in
The Magistrates Court Adv. AM Hlungwane |
| 9:00 - 09:30 | Fair Trial,
Language and the Constitution Mr. AA Mahlangu Justice College, Pretoria |
| 09:30 - 10:30 | Standardising
and Harmonising: Management Strategies Dr. Christian Galinski, TermNet, Austria |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Tea break |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Lexicography
versus Terminography Prof. Georgeta Ciobanu, "Politehnica" University of Timisoara, Romania |
| 11:30 - 12:00 | Language for
general purposes and language for special
purposes Prof. Rufus H. Gouws, Department of Afrikaans and Dutch University of Stellenbosch |
| 12:00 - 12:30 | Do’s and Don’ts
of Terminological Management Prof. Klaus-Dirk Schmitz, (Fachhochschule, Köln, Germany) |
| 12:30 - 13:30 | Lunch |
| Chairperson: Prof. Rufus Gouws | |
| 13:30- 14:00 | Terminology
Management and Computer Applications for
Translators Prof. Frieda Steurs, Lessius Hogeschool, Belgium |
| 14:00 - 14:30 | The Business
Case and Return on Investment in
Terminology Mark Childress SAP AG, Walldorf, Germany |
| 14:30 - 15:30 | Localisation
and Internationalisation Prof. G Budin and Prof. Klaus-Dirk Schmitz |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Tea break |
| 16:00 - 17:00 | Localisation and Internationalisation (Continues) |
| 17:00 | Closing Summary Dr. C Galinski, TermNet, Austria |
