The International Terminology Summer School (TSS) is the leading summer school for terminology, language and information professionals from all over the world.
TSS offers a practice-oriented training course covering a comprehensive overview of the methods and tools of professional terminology management.
Focus in 2023: Terminology Management for Translation
TSS 2023 is about the WHY, WHAT and HOW of professional Terminology Management, with a focus on terminology for translation.
Day 1 (starting at 13:00 CEST) is all about Terminology as a Science: Terminology Theories, Scientific Research and Projects at Naples Universities will be presented, as well as Academic Training and the role of Terminology in Microlearning.
Day 2 is dedicated to TERMINOLOGY METHODS, QUALITY AND STANDARDS: In the morning, we will get an overview of terminology activities in Italy, will learn about frame-based terminology, and how to deal with copyright issues in terminology management. In the afternoon, two workshops will deal with statistical terminology and with international terminology standards.
Day 3 is about TERMINOLOGY, TRANSLATION AND TECHNOLOGY: We will discuss professional terminology work an management in organizations and in the industry, and show you how to argue and calculate costs and return on investment for terminology work. In the afternoon, two workshops will tackle terminology resources in the European Union, and how to share and manage terminology within open European platforms.
Day 4 is dedicated to TERMINOLOGY MANAGEMENT AND TRANSLATION: We will focus on terminology for translation purposes and professional communication. We will show you how to search and collect terminology, how to coin terms, and how the European Union coordinates terminology. The afternoon workshops are about multilingual terminology management, and about Linguistic Linked Open Data (LLOD).
Day 5 is the highlight of TSS 2023: After an introduction of the ECQA Certificate, the European Driving Licence for Terminology Professionals, a representative of the etranslation Program of the Directorate-General for Translation (DGT) will enlighten us about EU terminology and translation strategies. Then, your colleagues and peers from all over the world will present their own terminology projects. The presentations also count as oral exam, if you intend to qualify as ECQA Certified Terminology Manager.
Please note that the TSS programme may be subject to change at any time.
TSS brings together language, terminology and information professionals from all over the world, and from many different organizations and industries.
LEVEL: Basic To Intermediate
2023: hybrid: ONLINE (Microsoft Teams), and ON-SITE in Naples, Italy
The course is taught by some of the most renowned and prominent terminology experts in the world.
Unique: Participation in TSS qualifies to obtain two different International certificates for terminology and translation professionals:
- The European Certificate for Terminology Professionals, also known as the “Terminology Driving Licence”, issued by the European Certification and Qualification Association (ECQA©). According to your experience and knowledge, you can sit the exams for the ECQA Certified Terminology Manager at basic and advanced level, and – NEW – for basic level with focus on terminology management for translation.
- The new Certificate for Post-editors of Machine Translation Output, developed by the Language Industry Certification System (LICS) at Austrian Standards International (ASI), in cooperation with TermNet. Your full TSS2023 online package will provide you with a 10% discount of the certification fee.
Please note that Certification fees are not included in TSS fees.
Please note that the TSS programme may be subject to change at any time.
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