New trends in terminology processing and implications for practical translation

This paper examines how the changes currently taking place in terminology processing and documentation are related to the multilingual needs of translation, and also how progress in natural language processing in general, and terminology processing in particular, can contribute to the development of reliable, up‐to‐date terminology support tools for translators. The paper also describes some recent experiences in the automatic identification of terminological units from corpora. The paper concludes by identifying some specific areas in terminology software development which can benefit from the expertise of translators and other language professionals.