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MCLS 70003, Fall Semester 2007:
Terminology Studies, Discussion Guide SW10

Version: 2007-08-29
SW10,  Industry Standards  and Applications
Instructor PowerPoint: Industrial Applications for Translation, Localization, Business Rules, and  (See MCLS-IAL1/Public/70003)
The readings are from a special issue of Multilingual Technology Business that was devoted to the subject of terminology..
Readings
See 70003_SW10_DataModelling_MultilingualTerminology Folder on MCLS-IAL1/Public/70003 Server for articles
Multilingual Language | Technology | Business. April/May 2007, # 87 Volume 18 issue 3
Dunne, Keiran J. "Terminology: ignore it at your peril," pp. 32-38.
Fidura, Christie. "The benefits of managing terminology with tools," pp. 39-41.
Childress, Mark. "Termionlogy saves more than it costs," pp. 43-46.
Massion, François. "Terminology Management: a luxury or a necessity?" pp. 47-50.
Wittner, Janaina. "Unexpected ROI from terminology," pp. 51-53.

Does your own personal experience reflect the positions taken by the various authors in the Multilingual issue?
Task Description:
Schedule individual consultations on the Research Projects with SEW over SW11 and 12.
Confer with your second reader on the research paper also over SW11 and 12.
Student PowerPoint Presentations
Student PowerPoints: Research Projects 1 and 2
Deliverables 
Submit Research Project PowerPoints for inclusion in the MCLS-IAL1 server folder.
Full initial draft of the Research Projects, together with draft of the terminology projects.