1. Catalan Terminological Planning: A model based on social participation Sandra Cuadrado Head of Communication Department Special EAFT Seminar and Terminology Policies 27-28 July 2007

2. termcat © TERMCAT, Centre de Terminologia Catalans situation 13,500,000 inhabitants 68,000 km 2 9,100,000 speakers 11,000,000 people understand it

3. termcat © TERMCAT, Centre de Terminologia Catalans situation Catalan is the eighth most spoken language in the EU Catalan and the 23 official languages of the EU

4. termcat © TERMCAT, Centre de Terminologia Catalans situation Minority languages in Europe Catalan has some minority language characteristics: no monolingual speakers the territories where it is spoken are part of larger states, where the major language is different scarce use in some social sectors

5. termcat © TERMCAT, Centre de Terminologia Catalans situation Minority languages in Europe Catalan cannot be considered a minority language because of: its legal status its demography its socio-linguistic situation its linguistic range

6. termcat © TERMCAT, Centre de Terminologia Catalans situation Catalan in the European Constitution 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)

7. termcat © TERMCAT, Centre de Terminologia TERMCAT Terminology Centre Development of Terminological Resources Terminological Standardization Advisory Services 1985 Creation of TERMCAT

8. termcat © TERMCAT, Centre de Terminologia 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. TERMCAT Terminology Centre

9. termcat © TERMCAT, Centre de Terminologia Sectorial Cooperation Psychiatry Dictionary

10. termcat © TERMCAT, Centre de Terminologia Territorial Cooperation ICD-9-MC International Classification of Diseases Collaboration of TERMCAT with Jaume I University (València)

11. termcat © TERMCAT, Centre de Terminologia 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 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 dAndorra TERMCAT Institut de Lingüística Aplicada. UPF Vilaweb Social Cooperation Terminology Antenna Project Permanent Space for Communication with media in Catalan

12. termcat © TERMCAT, Centre de Terminologia Cooperation with research Implantation studies of the standardized terminology : Development of computer tools Establishment of methodological propositions

13. termcat © TERMCAT, Centre de Terminologia Multilingual Cooperation Translation of terminology UNE-ISO norms UNE-EN ISO 9000:2005 and UNE-EN ISO 9001:2000, of quality management UNE-EN ISO 18513:2004, of tourist services UNE-ISO 14050:2005, of environmental management

14. termcat © TERMCAT, Centre de Terminologia Multilingual Cooperation Cession of Olympic terminology Atlanta Olympic Games 1996 Sydney Olympic Games 2000 Séoul Football World Cup 2002 Turin Olympic Winter Games 2006 Beijing Olympic Games 2008

15. termcat © TERMCAT, Centre de Terminologia Multilingual Cooperation Cession of Olympic terminology

16. termcat © TERMCAT, Centre de Terminologia Quality terminological work has to be based on the consensus and complicity of users termcat © TERMCAT, Centre de Terminologia

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