Terminology is at the heart of every business : we can only understand each other and collaborate if we agree on the terms we use. In a globalised world, terminology carries considerable weight. It affects many activities, and its use in information processing opens up new perspectives.

  

The University Savoie Mont Blanc awards a University Diploma in Terminology with the participation of international experts (DG Translation of the European Parliament, University of Crete, University Grenoble-Alpes, Aristotle University of Thessalonica, University Paris Cité, etc.).

  

Online training in English or in French

  

  

This training aims to equip everyone with the skills needed to:
– Manage and define concepts and terms;
– Capitalise on and transmit knowledge;
– Contribute to the management of multilingualism;
– Organise technical communication.

  

The 112-hour course consists of 2 blocks of compulsory skills, 1 basic block and a block of optional specialisation: « Terminology applied to translation in a professional context » and/or « Terminology in the digital age »

  

The course can be completed over 1 or 2 years with the option of following With the option of studying a block of choice and/or capitalising on the blocks and finishing the DU over a maximum of 2 years.

  

Target audience:

  

Anyone, professional, academic or otherwise, interested in the latest advances in terminology work.

  

Key lecturers :

  

• Christophe Roche, Professor at University of Crete (ERA Chair Holder) and University Savoie Mont Blanc, Chairman of the AFNOR Terminology Commission (X03A) from 2014 to 2023.
• Frérot Cécile, Senior Lecturer in Applied Foreign Languages, Co-head of the master’s degree in Multilingual Specialised Translation, member of the Lidilem laboratory, Université Grenoble Alpes;
• Elpida Loupaki, Assistant Professor in Descriptive Translation Studies & Terminology in the School of French, department of Translation, at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki ;
• Maslias Rodolfo, Temporary Professor in Terminology and Communication at the University of Luxembourg. Head of the Terminology Coordination Unit of the DG Translation of the European Parliament (2008-2022);
• Candel Danielle, Associate member of the CNRS laboratory “Histoire des théories linguistiques”, University Paris Cité, Linguist expert in official Terminology;
• Maria Papadopoulou, Lecturer in Digital Humanities, University of Athens and University of Crete.