BRANCH-RELATED TERMS FOR TEXTILE PROFESSIONALS IN BUSINESS AND TRADE
BRANCH-RELATED TERMS FOR TEXTILE PROFESSIONALS IN BUSINESS AND TRADE

Summary/Abstract: Proper adaptation to industry trends represents nowadays one of the key success factors. The textile industry is one of the most dynamic industries, with strong market requirements. Due to the fierce international competition a shift in the textile industry in Europe has been made, from clothingapparel sector to technical textiles sector. The technical textiles are meant for various applications (i.e. agriculture, personal protection, medicine, environment etc.) and involve a high level of knowledge in textile machinery and high added value for the finished products. One of the main issues stated in the Strategic Research Agenda of the European Technology Platform for Textiles and Clothing is the transfer from commodities to specialty products with flexible high-tech processes, which is a development direction for the future of the European textile industry. For a good e-learning explanation of textile terms, we have identified the following e-learning instruments: the HTML Hyperlink, Graphical Animations, FLASH interactive e-learning tutorials, Audio / Video-clips, MOODLE e-learning platform (Glossary of terms), WIKIPEDIA engine. Within the Fashion School projects I and II an on-line explanatory dictionary in 16 European language versions was accomplished (www.texsite.info). This dictionary includes 2000 branch expressions with definitions in the textile-clothing field. A brief summary of the projects results show that three years after project completion, the monthly average portal’s visit is 49.109.

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