Catalan Terminological Planning:
A model based on social
participation
Special EAFT Seminar and Terminology
Policies
27-28 July 2007
Sandra Cuadrado
Head of Communication Department
Catalan’s situation
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68,000 km2
13,500,000
inhabitants
9,100,000
speakers
11,000,000
people understand
it
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Catalan’s situation
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Catalan and the 23
official languages
of the EU
Catalan is the eighth
most spoken
language in the EU
Catalan’s situation
Minority languages in Europe
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Catalan has some minority language characteristics:
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no monolingual speakers
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the territories where it is spoken are part of larger states,
where the major language is different
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scarce use in some social sectors
Catalan’s situation
Minority languages in Europe
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Catalan cannot be considered a minority language
because of:
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its legal status
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its demography
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its socio-linguistic situation
•
its linguistic range
Catalan’s situation
Catalan in the European Constitution
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It is not an official language
The Constitution is available in Catalan (IV-448)
The Spanish government requested reform of the EU linguistic
regulations (1/1958)
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TERMCAT Terminology Centre
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1985 Creation of TERMCAT
Development of Terminological Resources
Terminological Standardization
Advisory Services
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The Catalan linguistic planning, according to its political,
social and demographic context, is founded on a cooperative
model, based on social complicity.
The Catalan terminology model was inspired by this
approach, encouraging the participation and implication of
different social, territorial and sectorial agents in its research
projects.
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Sectorial Cooperation
Psychiatry Dictionary
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Territorial Cooperation
ICD-9-MC International Classification of Diseases
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Collaboration of TERMCAT
with Jaume I University
(València)
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Social Cooperation
Terminology Antenna Project
Agència Catalana de Notícies
Agència EFE Catalunya
Avui
ComRàdio
Corporació Catalana de Ràdio i Televisió
Catalunya Ràdio
Televisió de Catalunya
Diari de Balears
Diari de Barcelona
Diari de Sant Cugat
Direcció General de Política Lingüística
El 9 Nou
El Periódico de Catalunya
El Punt
Grup Estrader Nadal
Permanent Space for Communication with
media in Catalan
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Grup Flaix
Flaix FM
FlaixTV
Ràdio Flaixbac
Grup Llengua i Mèdia
Ona Catalana
Periodisme Audiovisual de Catalunya
CityTV
RAC1
RAC105
Premsa Andorrana
Ràdio i Televisió d’Andorra
TERMCAT
Institut de Lingüística Aplicada. UPF
Vilaweb
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Cooperation with research
Implantation studies of the
standardized terminology :
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
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Development of computer
tools
Establishment of
methodological propositions
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Multilingual Cooperation
Translation of terminology UNE-ISO norms
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UNE-EN ISO 9000:2005 and
UNE-EN ISO 9001:2000, of
quality management
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UNE-EN ISO 18513:2004, of
tourist services

UNE-ISO 14050:2005, of
environmental management
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Multilingual Cooperation
Cession of Olympic terminology
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Atlanta Olympic Games 1996
Sydney Olympic Games 2000
Séoul Football World Cup 2002
Turin Olympic Winter Games 2006
Beijing Olympic Games 2008
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Multilingual Cooperation
Cession of Olympic terminology
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Quality terminological work has to be based
on the consensus and complicity of users
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Thank you for your attention!
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