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Terminology at the United Nations Role  Documentation support Scope  UN nomenclature  Technical terms Nature  Descriptive  Prescriptive.

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1 Terminology at the United Nations Role  Documentation support Scope  UN nomenclature  Technical terms Nature  Descriptive  Prescriptive

2 Multilingual Terminology Resources http://unterm.un.org budget, country names, law of the sea, peace and security https://cms.unov.org/vintars Drugs and crime, outer space, industrial development, trade law http://conf.unog.ch/unogterm human rights, refugees, trade, transport https://cms.unov.org/unonterm environment, habitat UNOGTERM Geneva UNOGTERM Geneva UNONTERM Nairobi UNONTERM Nairobi VINTARS Vienna VINTARS Vienna UNTERM New York UNTERM New York

3 http://unterm.un.org Toponyms in UNTERM  country names  197 (193, 2, 2)  short and formal forms  basic facts  Geographical names UNTERM New York UNTERM New York

4 Terminology Governance  Terminology Coordination Board  4 duty stations (UNHQ, UNOG, UNON and UNOV)  5 regional commissions ( ECA, ECE, ECLAC, ESCAP and ESCWA)  Global Terminology Project  Consolidate terminology resources from the participating offices  Development by phase phase 1 – user end: consolidated portal for one-stop search phase 2 – producer end: consolidated management system

5 Consolidated UN Terminology System  UNTERM Portal http://untermportal.un.orghttp://untermportal.un.org  New management system (unterm.un.org)  Web-based  TBX compatible  Integration with CAT and machine translation applications  Public interface  Rollout in 2014

6 Thank You


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