What does terminology management mean?
The vocabulary used for external communications reflects a company’s identity and brand image and affects the company’s recognisability.
On the other hand, precise definition of terms in internal
communications speeds up communications, prevents misunderstandings and harmonises information systems and data. Defining keywords in advance improves the end result in multilingual solutions or those designed to improve searchability.
Terminology management and glossary work are the foundation for language services
Lingsoft’s language services include extensive terminology management and glossary work: compiling, maintaining, updating, and utilising customer-specific multilingual glossaries in the language services we provide to our customers. We develop and update glossaries in co-operation with our customers. Based on the materials received from our customers, we produce glossaries and termbases – either as part of language services or as a separate service.
Clear terminology reduces misunderstandings
At best, synonyms can be used as a stylistic method to enliven language. However, using synonyms in professional communications often causes problems. Synonyms are particularly likely to develop in new fields or topics where language use is not established. Many new concepts are often translated on the fly from English or other languages, which increases variation.
Terminology work is worth the investment, because it quickly pays for itself in the form of more effective communications. Ensuring that each term has just one meaning and avoiding the use of several terms for the same purpose improves the comprehensibility and discoverability of information.
Utilising language technology
Like our other services and solutions, terminology management and glossary work are based on language technology. The software used in this work is browser-based, which allows users – including the customer’s own experts – to work on the materials simultaneously and continuously update the information.
The software programs support the standards used in the sector, such as SKOS (Simple Knowledge Organization System).
Why terminology management?
Consistent communications
Terminology management ensures that the same term is always used in the same way in all translations and communications. This consistency is particularly important in technical documents, marketing materials and legal texts, where the accurate use of terms is critical.
Save time and money
Terminology management helps reduce the number of checks and corrections, because consistency results in fewer errors. This speeds up the translation process and reduces costs, especially in long projects.
Improve the customer experience
Documents and communications that are consistent and easy to understand allow customers and other stakeholders to better grasp the message. This improves the overall customer experience and increases customer satisfaction.
Strengthen your brand
Consistent terminology strengthens the company’s brand and creates a uniform image of the company in different markets. This is particularly important for companies that operate globally.
We support your company’s growth
Terminology management is part of our translation and language services. We offer significant benefits to our customers, especially for organisations that need consistency and accuracy in multilingual communications. Read about the customer benefits below and take full advantage of the expertise and service offered by the leading language technology company.
Discoverability
Cooperation between language intelligence solutions and language experts enriches and refines language materials and ensures that the content can be found.
Interoperability
We ensure that our language services and language intelligence solutions integrate seamlessly with business processes through standardised interfaces. We also help ensure the semantic interoperability of data, which makes data management and processing more efficient.
Scalability
We offer language services customised to meet the needs of your business and a comprehensive language management solution that is flexible and also grows and develops in response to changing situations.