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DIN Standards Committee Terminology

About NAT

One of DIN's most important tasks is standardizing German technical language. Each standards committee is responsible for the terminology in its own field(s). DIN‘s Standards Committee Terminology, however, defines the principles of and methods for the terminology work of all the other committees. Important principles of our work are:

  • Avoiding misunderstandings by ensuring clarity
  • Systematizing terminology work
  • Creating transparency

Other areas we cover are:

  • Preparing specialised dictionaries
  • Computer applications for terminology work and lexicography
  • The use of terminology databases and special translation and interpreting software

In today’s globalized world multilingual terminology work is gaining importance, as it is essential for the quality assessment of technical translation and interpreting. Furthermore, the number of IT tools for translation and interpreting continues to grow. The principles of terminology work need to be incorporated into these software tools in order for them to be useful. This area now lies within the scope of NAT’s work.
Standards that are practically oriented are needed to increase transparency for contract partners in translation and interpreting. These standards lay down requirements and processes for translation and interpreting services.
NAT has regular contact with other terminology organizations in Germany (e.g. www.radt.org and www.dttev.org), with whom we share the common goal of promoting the German technical language in the context of a globalized market.

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ISO/WD TS 25391 2024-11-01 General guidelines for in-house translation departments More  Comment 
ISO/AWI 24495-4 2024-10-14 Plain language - Part 4: Requirements for implementing plain language principles More  Comment 
ISO/AWI TS 25368 2024-10-07 Certified translations for judicial settings and public authorities More  Comment 

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DIN ISO 24495-2 2024-12 Plain language - Part 2: Legal communication (ISO/DIS 24495-2:2024); Text in German and English More  Read draft and comment

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DIN ISO 24183 2024-08 Standard Technical communication - Vocabulary (ISO 24183:2024) More  Order from DIN Media
ISO 24617-10 2024-08 Standard Language resource management - Semantic annotation framework (SemAF) - Part 10: Visual information More  Order from DIN Media
DIN 19457 2024-07 Standard Interpreting services - Community interpreting - Requirements and recommendations More  Order from DIN Media

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