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Government subsidy terminology project

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In February 2019, the Finnish Terminology Centre resumed the terminology work, launched in 2018 at the initiative of CSC (IT Centre for Science), which aims at providing descriptions for central concepts related to government subsidies. The terminology work aims to support a project whose objective is to develop and digitalise activities related to government subsidies. The responsibility of the preparation stage of the digitalisation project lies with the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture.

Nordterm 2019 in Copenhagen 11-14 June 2019

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The Nordic cooperation forum Nordterm organizes an assembly every second year. The next assembly will be held 11—14 June 2019 in Copenhagen. The assembly will be opened with a one-day course/workshop and the program will continue with a conference. The main theme chosen for this year's conference is Terminologiens rolle i sprogteknologiske applikationer som fx virtuelle assistenter og maskinoversættelse.

International Terminology Summer School 8-12 July 2019 in Vienna

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The International Terminology Summer School (TSS) 2019 will take place 8-12 July 2019 in Vienna.

TSS is a one-week, practice-oriented training course covering a comprehensive overview of the methods and principles of terminology management. TSS is designed for language and terminology professionals, students and researchers who are looking for a comprehensive introduction to terminology management theory and practice.

Energy and release concepts

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The Finnish Terminology Centre TSK started a terminology project in September for the Statistics Finland. The aim of the project is to collect and harmonize or prepare definitions and notes for circa 30 central concepts related to energy and release statistics. Terms and concept descriptions are given in Finnish. The terminologist prepares material for work shops, where concepts are discussed and terms and concept descriptions are processed with the experts of the Statistics Finland.