terminologist

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US/ˌtɝ.məˈnɑ.lə.d͡ʒɪst/

noun

A person who studies and uses terminology, especially in professional translation project management.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

nounterminologist (plural terminologists)

plural terminologists

  1. 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
APA

terminologist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/terminologist

MLA

“terminologist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/terminologist. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “terminologist,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/terminologist.

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