Re: An Idea: An International Directory of Technical Terms

["Peter Ring, PRC" <prc -at- PRC -dot- DK>]

Charlotte Hybschmann Jacobsen wrote:

> I have a translation book that covers welding terms in 12 languages
> (about 0.5 cm thick). It just doesn't contain all expressions. I need
> English translations of the Danish words "a-maal", "undermaal", and
> "overmaal" which has something to do with weld seam quality. This
> example shows that we do need a directory of terms as suggested by
> George.

In fact, to a great extend such a free, on-line multi-lingual
technical directory exists. It is called "EuroDicAutom - a
translators best friend on the web" and it can be found on
http://www2.echo.lu/edic/. I tested it on "overmaal", ad it gave some
reasonable suggestions (I'm not the right person to judge which one
is the most correct one). The size of this directory shows the
enormous job it will be to create such a directory somewhere else.

Its origin is the internal translation services of the European
Union, where there is an enormous need for such a directory. It
currently covers the following 12 languages in any combination:

- Danish
- Dutch
- English
- Finnish
- French
- German
- Greek
- Italian
- Latin
- Portuguese
- Spanish
- Swedish
plus "ANY" language, which you can use if you don't know the origin
of the word.

Re professions, you can select "ANY" or one of the specific areas of:
- Agriculture
- Audiovisual
- Aviation
- Botany/Zoology
- Budget
- Chemistry
- Construction
- Customs
- Defense
- Development
- Economics
- Education
- Electrotechnics
- Employment
- Energy
- Environment
- Eurospeak
- Finance
- Fisheries
- Geology
- Industry
- Informatics
- Insurance
- Law
- Mechanics
- Medicine
- Mining
- Nuclear
- Social
- Statistics
- Steel
- Taxation
- Technology
- Telecom
- Trade
- Transport

You have the possibility to suggest corrections and/or new
translations by using the "Feedback" service.


Greetings from Denmark

Peter Ring
PRC (Peter Ring Consultants)
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