Corporate terminology management
Consistent language. More efficient translation output. Better results with AI translation.
Our in-house terminology team – from term extraction to a ready-to-use database.
Terminology management by experts
Inconsistent concepts cost more than you might think: They slow down translation processes, increase the amount of correction required and result in a significant amount of post-editing work when using artificial intelligence. Consistent, accurate terminology is therefore the foundation for effective communication, high-quality translation output and reliability – even when using artificial intelligence and machine translation.
oneword has its own in-house terminology department staffed by qualified terminologists, as well as a specialist international team for terminology projects of all sizes. From term extraction right through to a well-maintained, multilingual terminology database, our experts will support you with methodological rigour and many years of practical experience, working in close collaboration with your organisation.
Detailed information on terminology management at oneword:
oneTerm – your terminology always at your fingertips
Terminology is only as valuable as its accessibility. oneTerm makes your terminology database accessible to everyone involved – at any time, in a structured way and integrated into your workflow.
oneword’s terminology management system is available both as a standalone solution and fully integrated into oneSuite – and can therefore be flexibly adapted to your requirements and the size of your organisation.
Terminology management – an overview of our services
Terminology work is not a one-off project, but an ongoing process. oneword supports you at every stage – with a specialist in-house team, tried-and-tested methods and the right tools. oneword can handle individual steps or the entire terminology management process, depending entirely on your needs.
- Terminology extraction
Systematic identification of relevant concepts from your existing documents and texts - Terminology creation
Your technical terms are researched, systematised and clearly defined, complete with usage guidelines and equivalents in all required languages. - Terminology clean-up & database maintenance
Removal of inconsistent, outdated or redundant entries to ensure reliability of the database: With our oneCleanup service, we analyse the potential for cleaning up your database and carry out the clean-up using a semi-automated process.
- Terminology management
Building, long term maintenance and further development of your terminology – using oneTerm or a system of your choice - Terminology consultancy and workshops
Strategic consultancy and practical training for your team - Multilingual terminology management
Consistent terminology across all your working languages – for seamless international communication - Glossary creation for machine translation and artificial intelligence
Specially compiled glossaries that provide AI systems and machine translation with the necessary linguistic foundation
Well-structured terminology pays off for you – in the form of shorter translation times, lower costs and communication that works worldwide.
Is terminology management worth it for your business?
Inconsistent concepts lead to additional work – in translation, in communication and across the entire organisation. Our real-world case studies demonstrate exactly how to get started with terminology work and what benefits it brings.
Case study: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
ZF Friedrichshafen worked with oneword to define, standardise, clean up and translate its terminology data in 12 languages – thereby laying the foundations for consistent communication worldwide.
Case study: HOMMEL ETAMIC
HOMMEL ETAMIC created a reliable foundation for efficient translation processes by cleaning up terminology in 20 languages with oneword.
FAQs
What is terminology management?
Terminology Management involves systematically recording, defining, managing and maintaining a company’s technical terms. The aim is for all those involved – both internally and externally – to use the same concepts and terminology consistently and correctly. The life cycle of terminology involves term extraction, systematisation, definition creation and ongoing maintenance in a terminology database.
Which companies would benefit from terminology management?
Terminology management is particularly valuable when documents are produced by several people or departments, when texts are translated into several languages, when machine translation or AI systems are used, or when inconsistencies in texts pose a risk to users. In regulated industries and where documentation must comply with standards, the consistent use of terminology is often expressly required. Terminology management is also particularly relevant to translation output. After all, the more languages a text is translated into, the greater the impact that consistent terminology in both the source and target languages has on quality, time and cost.
What are the benefits of terminology management for translation output?
Consistent terminology increases the hit rate in the translation memory, thereby directly reducing translation costs. The time spent on research, translation errors and rounds of proofreading are reduced. Around half of all subsequent corrections to source texts and translations are due to terminological issues. Clear terminology also measurably reduces the amount of post-editing required when using machine translation.
Do I get the terminology from my technical translations?
Translation projects are a valuable source of new terminology. We record and document relevant concepts throughout the project, as agreed, and, upon request, provide them to you in a structured format via the agreed exchange formats. In this way, every translation project contributes to a growing terminology database, which makes your communication more consistent in the long term and your translation processes more efficient.
How much does terminology management cost?
The costs depend on the scope of the project – from the number of languages and the condition of existing databases to the required scope of services. Investing in terminology management is worthwhile as soon as texts are regularly translated, produced by several people or processed using AI systems, because that is precisely when a well-organised terminology base pays off in terms of quality, time and cost. Terminology work can be started in stages and carried out in work packages, which makes it possible to get started even on a limited budget.
How are terminology and artificial intelligence or machine translation linked?
Terminology plays a crucial role in the machine translation training process in adapting general translation output to the company’s corporate language. Even when using generic AI systems, clear terminology ensures that technical and corporate language is reproduced accurately. For best results, it is advisable to process the terminology data in a targeted manner so that AI systems and machine translation can deliver the desired machine translation output.
Which terminology tools does oneword use?
For terminology management, we offer oneTerm – a browser-based, collaborative tool available as a standalone product or as part of oneSuite. Our oneCleanup service, which combines automation with human expertise, is used to clean up terminology databases. As a certified technology partner of Across and RWS, we are thoroughly familiar with the leading terminology systems, but we can also adapt flexibly to your tool environment at any time.
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