This volume is a collection of papers in honour of Juan C. Sager, visionary creator of the Centre for Computational Linguistics at UMIST, Manchester and illustrious pioneer in the domain of language engineering. As the biography and bibliography compiled by Blaise Nkwenti-Azeh shows, after some years as a language trainer, Sager became a leading figure in the fields of terminology and lexicography, language for special purposes (LSP) and translation, as well as a passionate supporter of the use of computers in all these areas. By inviting papers in each of these domains, the editor has certainly succeeded in emphasizing the amazing breadth and driving spirit of Sager's work. Still, the actual organisation of the papers into four separate sections remains somewhat arbitrary as there are strong interactions between the disciplines that have interested Sager all along. Also, contrary to what is stated in the Preface, at least four of the papers (those by Cabré, Holden, Pozzi and Picken) recycle stuff that has already been presented elsewhere. The contributions by Boulanger and Vinay are in French, with a short English summary on behalf of those not conversant with the language; all the other papers are in English.

References

Rey, Alain

1995 Essays on Terminology, translated and edited by Juan C. Sager. Amsterdam-Philadelphia: John Benjamins. [Benjamins Translation Library, 9.]  

Sager, Juan C.

1990 A Practical Course in Terminology Processing. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.