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Bedard, Claude – Meta, 1978
Attempts to provide some guidance to the translator of English plumbing terms into French. (AM)
Descriptors: Definitions, English, French, Plumbing
Del Burgo, Carlos – Meta, 1979
Discusses the semantic differences between the near-synonyms "detenteur" and "titulaire" in French, and provides a list of terms correctly used with the two words and the additional near-synonym "porteur." (AM)
Descriptors: Definitions, French, Language Usage, Lexicography
Meta, 1979
Provides definitions for 43 new French terms related to health and medicine. (AM)
Descriptors: Definitions, French, Health, Lexicography
Rey, Alain – Meta, 1973
Paper presented at the Second International Conference on Linguistics and Translation, October 4-7, 1972, Montreal, Canada. (RS)
Descriptors: Definitions, Interviews, Lexicology, Linguistic Theory
Bachrach, J. Albert – Meta, 1973
Paper presented at the Second International Conference on Linguistics and Translation, October 4-7, 1972, Montreal, Canada. (DD)
Descriptors: Definitions, Dictionaries, Language Usage, Onomastics
Pollet, Ray J. – Meta, 1978
A French-English glossary of 205 terms referring to personnel in the hotel business. (AMH)
Descriptors: Definitions, English, French, Glossaries
Gerard, Anne; And Others – Meta, 1978
Six brief essays discuss English/French translation with regard to alcohol breath tests, magnetic tapes, nautical terminology, electrical terminology, and titles of hotel staff. (AM)
Descriptors: Definitions, French, Glossaries, Lexicography
Dubuc, Robert – Meta, 1979
Discusses the role of the lexicographer in assisting the translator and the technical writer and in vocabulary control. (AM)
Descriptors: Definitions, Language Skills, Lexicography, Technical Writing
Darbelnet, Jean – Meta, 1973
Paper presented at the Second International Conference on Linguistics and Translation, October 4-7, 1972, Montreal, Canada. (DD)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Definitions, Descriptive Linguistics, Dictionaries
Pelletier, Jean-Francois – Meta, 1980
Translations and descriptions are given in French for a number of English food terms: convenience foods, fast foods, fast foods industry, fast foods restaurant, frozen foods, deep frozen foods, fast frozen foods, quick frozen foods, dry frozen foods. (MSE)
Descriptors: Definitions, Food, Food Service, French
Valcin, Marie-Lourdes – Meta, 1978
A discussion of definitions of electrical wiring terms in both general and specialized French and English dictionaries that show "conductor" to be the generic term and the other words studied to be specific. Precisions are given for each term. (Text is in French.) (AMH)
Descriptors: Definitions, Electric Circuits, Electrical Systems, Electricity
Lemieux, Colette – Meta, 1980
Defines the meaning of the American expression "convenience food," quoting definitions given by dictionaries and specialized publications. Discusses the problem of finding the exact equivalent of this expression in French, and recommends some acceptable translations. (MES)
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Definitions, Dictionaries, English
Dupont, Charles – Meta, 1978
An analysis of terms used to translate the English real estate "developer." A comparative study is made of English and French definitions. The following terms are suggested translations of the English "developer": "Promoteur,""lotisseur,""amenageur," and "maitre de l'ouvrage." (Text is in French.) (AMH)
Descriptors: Definitions, English, French, Housing Industry
And Others; Rondeau, Guy – Meta, 1977
An examination of one of the problems of data banks dealing with terminology and serving varieties of users. The problem addressed is: Do such data banks actually fulfil their objective, and, if not, what modifications should be made? Difficulties experienced by translators are discussed. (Text is in French.) (AMH)
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Databases, Definitions, Information Processing
Widal, Pierre – Meta, 1973
Neologism is a term for any word introduced into a language regardless of the method of its creation. (DD)
Descriptors: Definitions, Language Acquisition, Language Patterns, Language Styles
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