FIT Terminology Management & Research 2

Question 1

Which data category is considered MANDATORY in a fully standardized termbase entry according to ISO 30042?

Accepted Answer

Subject field

Answer

ISO 30042 requires subject field as a mandatory administrative data category for every termbase entry.

Question 2

A translator encounters the term 'escrow' in a financial contract. Which research strategy is MOST efficient for finding an authoritative target-language equivalent?

Accepted Answer

Search parallel corpora of officially translated financial contracts

Answer

Parallel corpora of official translations provide verified, contextually appropriate equivalents for specialized legal-financial terms.

Question 3

What distinguishes a 'term' from a 'word' in the context of terminology science?

Accepted Answer

Terms carry a precise, domain-specific conceptual meaning

Answer

A term is a linguistic label assigned to a concept within a specialized subject field, giving it precise domain-specific meaning.

Question 4

When building a terminology database for a long-term client in the pharmaceutical industry, which field metadata helps prevent future consistency errors?

Accepted Answer

Status label (preferred, admitted, deprecated)

Answer

Status labels such as 'preferred,' 'admitted,' or 'deprecated' guide translators to use approved terms and avoid obsolete ones.

Question 5

In the onomasiological approach to terminology research, the researcher starts with:

Accepted Answer

A concept and searches for terms that designate it

Answer

The onomasiological approach moves from concept to designation, the opposite of the semasiological (word-to-meaning) direction.

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FIT Terminology Management & Research 2