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Notes on terminology & language technology

Practical guides for localization managers, language service providers and content teams: how to build a termbase, make the business case, pick the right tool and prepare terminology for machine translation and generative AI.

Terminology management · 3 min What is terminology management? A practical guide What terminology management is, why it pays off, and the five steps that turn scattered term lists into a governed termbase.
Terminology database · 3 min Termbase vs. glossary: how to build a terminology database that scales Why spreadsheets stop scaling, how a concept-oriented termbase is structured, and five steps to build one.
Business case · 3 min Terminology management ROI: how to build the business case The four buckets of value behind terminology management, and a five-step method to turn them into a business case.
Language technology · 3 min How to choose a terminology management tool in six steps A tool-independent checklist and six-phase roadmap for selecting terminology management software.
Language technology & AI · 3 min AI-ready terminology: why machine translation and GenAI need a termbase Why MT and LLMs get your terms wrong, what AI-ready terminology looks like, and where a termbase plugs into the AI stack.