Meanings
plural terminologists
- human sciencesA person who studies and uses terminology, especially in professional translation project management.
[T]ranslation practice during training should, at least in part, be organised in projects where each student has the chance to play various roles: that of client, of revisor, of terminologist, of documentation assistant, of free-lancer, of in-house translator working for a translation company, etc.
2005, Christiane Nord, edited by Martha Tennent and Benjamins Translation Library, Training for the New Millennium: Pedagogies for translation and interpreting, page 218
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 术语学家
- 术语学家person who studies and uses terminology
Czech terminolog
- terminologperson who studies and uses terminology
Finnish terminologi
- terminologiperson who studies and uses terminology
French terminologue
- terminologueperson who studies and uses terminology
Welsh termegydd
- termegyddperson who studies and uses terminology
Cite this entry
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