Some criteria that have remained valid throughout the
years
Article outline
1.Introduction
2.Questions posed in 1990
2.1Regarding the first question: Why did we pose the question
about whether terminology was a stabilised area?
2.2The second question posed in 1990 asked if terminology was a
sub-area of linguistics
2.3The third question we posed in 1990 sought to establish
whether terminology was a purely practical area
2.4The fourth and final question posed in 1990 asked if
terminology had one or several purposes or, in other words, if
terminological practice could be standardised
2.5The question we can now ask is this: How do those four
questions affect terminology training?
3.Answers 20 years later
4.Training proposals
4.1Training for terminology professionals
4.2Terminology training for professionals other than
terminologists