Terminologiskt

Terminologiskt is a Swedish adjective meaning related to terminology. It is used to describe language, concepts, and practices connected with terms—the vocabulary of a discipline, field, or knowledge domain. The corresponding noun is terminologi. In Swedish, terminologiskt appears in phrases such as terminologiskt arbete (terminology work) or terminologisk standardisering. The term spans linguistics, translation studies, information science, and standardization, where it denotes a focus on how terms are created, defined, organized, and used.

Terminologiskt work involves creation, validation, maintenance, and dissemination of terms within a domain. It includes disambiguation of terms with multiple senses, management of synonyms and homonyms, and alignment of term systems across languages and platforms. It emphasizes consistency across documents, databases, user interfaces, and knowledge bases, and often entails collaboration among subject matter experts, terminologists, translators, and developers.

Practices and tools connected to terminologiskt work include glossaries, term bases (terminology databases), controlled vocabularies, and ontologies. Terminologiskt work supports translation, localization, information retrieval, and knowledge management by improving searchability and interoperability. Challenges include rapid changes in specialized fields, domain-specific jargon, cross-domain variation, and the need to balance precision with accessibility. Standards such as ISO 704 and ISO 12620 provide frameworks for terminology work and metadata.