Links and Resources on Terminology Planning and Policies

Guidelines for Terminology Policies

At the request of UNESCO, Infoterm has compiled the Guidelines for Terminology Policies in cooperation with experts from its network.

The various language versions may be downloaded:

• from UNESCO’s Portal:

Guidelines for Terminology Policies (en)

Principes Directeurs sur les Politiques en Matière de Terminologie (fr)

• or from this website:

Riglyne vir Terminologiebeleide (af)

 Directrices para Polticas Terminolgicas (es)

 رهنمودهاِیی برای سیاست های اصطلاح شناسی: تدوین و اجرای سیاست اصطلاح شناسی در جوامع زبانی (fa)

 Smjernice za terminološke politike (hr)

Richtlijnen voor terminologiebeleid (nl)

Wytyczne polityki terminologicznej (pl)

术语政策指南 (zh)

National Language and Terminology Policies:

A South African Perspective by Mariëtta Alberts (PanSALB)

Case study: Colombia by Cecilia Plested (University of Antioquia, ICONTEC)

Irish Terminology Policy by Helena Ní Ghearáin (University of Limerick)

Further case studies and more have been published in the Proceedings of the EAFT Special Seminar on Minority Languages and Terminology Policies

Corporate Language / Terminology Planning:

Corporate language and terminology planning in the global enterprise by Matthias Heyn (SDL/Trados, Germany)

Domain Dynamics – Reflections on Language and Terminology Planning by Heribert Picht (formerly Copenhagen Business School, Denmark)

Infoterm publications related to Terminology Planning, PDF 11 KB

International Health Terminology Planning by Pierre Lewalle (WHO)

Terminology Policies and Change Management by Gabriele Sauberer (TermNet)

Terminology Policies - Standardization by Christian Galinski (Infoterm)