IATE-CvT Project
The aim of the IATE-CvT project is to contribute to specific domains of the EU’s multilingual term base IATE on the basis of in-depth research into restricted sets of concepts. The research is done by Master students in the context of their MA dissertation and is supervised by CvT staff as well as by EU terminologists (DGT and Council).
After validation, selected results can be entered in IATE.
Origin of the project
The project was conceived in 2010 in the context of an EMT network activity. EMT stands for European Master’s in Translation, a quality label awarded by the European Commission to university translation programmes that meet agreed professional standards and market demands.
When EMT members were invited to suggest ways of co-operating between EMT universities and the EU, the CvT filed a proposal for a terminological project involving student contributions to IATE. The proposal was accepted and in academic year 2011/12 the first two MA theses were written in close co-operation with the Dutch language department of the DGT.
By October 2013, the first three dissertations were available for presentation during a poster session at the Third Translation Studies Day of “Translating Europe” in Brussels.
Further development: Termraad Academy
As further theses became available, the Termraad Nederlands took an interest in the project. The Termraad is a partnership between the Dutch Language Council and the translation services of the EU and the Dutch, Belgian and Flemish authorities.
Their interest and that of others led to a significant broadening of the project. Since 2015, IATE-CvT is part of a large project, now called Termraad Academy, involving several Dutch and Flemish universities and a number of institutional translation services, who have also begun to offer internships for the contributing students.
The CvT has been happy to share its early experience with the new partners and to help the broader project grow.
Partners in Termraad Academy
Universities: KULeuven Antwerpen / KULeuven Brussel / UAntwerpen Campus Zuid / UGent – CvT / VUBrussel / Zuyd Hogeschool Maastricht / Rijksuniversiteit Groningen / Universiteit Utrecht.
Translation services: Dutch language department of the DGT, Dutch language unit of the Council of the European Union, (Vertaaldienst van de Vlaamse Overheid), (CdT Luxemburg), (Benelux Unie).
Other: Interinstitutionele Termraad Nederlands.
To facilitate co-operation, project managers as well as contributing students exchange information via an online platform (Ufora).
Focus of research
Not all the contributions in the project are purely terminographic. Broader topics like analysis of theoretical topics, comparison of term extraction tools etc. are equally well covered as long as they focus on IATE-related issues.
Because of the involvement of Dutch language departments and the Termraad, Dutch plays an important role in the research. Special topics of interest include: domain loss; differences between Dutch terms as used in the EU, the Netherlands and Belgium; neology and diachronic variation in the use of terms.
MA Dissertations contributed by UGent students
| Jill Verkoyen, IATE-CvT JV | New climate terms | en, nl, it | May 2012 |
| Laura Ameel, IATE-CvT LA | Impaired assets | nl | Aug 2012 |
| Ellen Van Causbroeck, IATE-CvT EVC | Pharmaceutical | en, nl | May 2013 |
| Johan Bjurstam, IATE-CvT JB | Cybercrime | en, nl, de, sv | May 2015 |
| Anke De Prijck, IATE-CvT ADP | Cybercrime | en, nl, es | May 2016 |
| Jens Van Nieuwenhove, IATE-CvT JVN | Aviation | en, nl, de | Aug 2016 |
| Eline Vermeiren, IATE-CvT EV | Cybercrime | en, nl, de | Aug 2016 |
| Evelien Uyttersprot, IATE-CvT EU | Intellectual property rights | en, nl, es | May 2016 |
| Katrijn Lauwaet, IATE-CvT KL | Geothermal energy | en, nl, de | Aug 2016 |
| Laura Roukaerts, IATE-CvT LR | Energy balance | en, nl, es | May 2017 |
| Sara Cuypers, IATE-CvT SC | Corruption | en, nl, de | Aug 2017 |
| Indy Maes, IATE-CvT IM | Cybercrime | en, nl, it | Aug 2018 |
| Rosalie Schipper, IATE-CvT RS | Climate engineering | en, nl, fr | Aug 2018 |
| Amber Praet, IATE-CvT AP | Cultural heritage | en, nl, es | May 2019 |
| Lisa Olivier, IATE-CvT LO | Trains & rail infrastructure | en, nl, fr | May 2019 |
| Hanne Rogge, IATE-CvT HR | Financial terminology | en, nl, fr | Aug 2019 |
| Jo De Brie, IATE-CvT JDB | Carbon pricing | en, nl | May 2020 |
| Celine Buytaert, IATE-CvT CB | Climate change | en, nl, de | August 2020 |
| Maurits Minne, IATE-CvT MM | Heritage terminology | en, nl | August 2020 |
| Robin Espenhout, IATE-CvT RE | Schengen Information System | en, nl, ru | June 2020 |
| Marieke Haenebalcke, IATE-CvT MH | Nuclear fusion | en, nl, fr | May 2021 |
| Claudine Segers, IATE-CvT CS | Transport / Climate | en, nl, de | May 2021 |
| Jody Matthijs, IATE-CvT JM | Cultural heritage | en, nl, de | August 2021 |
| Sofie Garré, IATE-CvT SG | Climate change adaptation | en, nl | August 2022 |
| Lucedy Kariman, IATE-CvT LK | Internet of things | en, nl | August 2022 |
| Ward Franco, IATE-CvT WF | Domain loss / gain (EU) | en, nl | August 2023 |
| Bart Derous, IATE-CvT BD | Medical terminology | (en), nl, fr | August 2024 |
CvT staff involved in the project (present and past)
Joost Buysschaert, Patricia Vanden Bulcke, Bart Defrancq, Sonia Vandepitte, Sonia Michiels, Petra Campe.