A new publication in terminology by Marjan Alipour, student researcher at the OLST:
Alipour, Marjan (2014) Méthodologie de conversion de dictionnaires spécialisés en dictionnaires d’apprentissage : application au domaine de l’informatique. Mémoire de maîtrise. Département de linguistique et de traduction. Université de Montréal. [PDF (6,7Mo)]
This work describes a methodology for converting a specialized dictionary into a learner’s dictionary. The dictionary to which we apply our conversion method is the DiCoInfo, Dictionnaire fondamental de l’informatique et de l’Internet. We focus on changes affecting the presentation of data categories. What is meant by specialized dictionary for learners, in our case, is a dictionary covering the field of computer science and Internet meeting our users’ needs in communicative and cognitive situations. Our dictionary is aimed at learners’ of the computing language. […]
In this way, we exploited the widgets offered by the technology to update the interface and layout. Strategies have been developed to organize a large number of lexical links in a simpler way. We associated these links with examples showing their use in specific contexts. Multimedia as audio pronunciation and illustrations has been used.