Terminologijos veikla: Principai ir perspektyvos
Terminological Activities: Principles and Perspectives

Summary/Abstract: In terminological activities we may discern two aspects: theoretical activities, or terminology science and practical activities, or terminology work. In the ISO WD 1087:94 terminology science is defined as the scientific study of the concepts and the terms found in special languages. (The last part in our opinion is superficial and unnecessary, because concepts and terms belong to special languages and hardly may be expected elsewhere.) According to the same document terminology work is any activity concerned with the systematization and representation of concepts, or with the presentation of terminologies on the basis of established principles and methods. Later official version of this document (ISO 1087-1:2000) offers a similar definition: “Work concerned with the systematic collection, description, processing and presentation of concepts and their designations”, though terminology science is defined differently as “science studying the structure, formation, development, usage and management of terminologies in various subject fields”, thus excluding concepts from its scope.

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