Anna Maria Becker Maciel

TERMISUL E INFORMÁTICA: CAMINHO PERCORRIDO E HORIZONTE A ALCANÇAR

This paper reports on the quest for the interface between Terminology, Informaticsand the Termisul Project. Three landmarks highlight the account, DOS, Windows, and Internet.They characterize the steps of a team of linguists towards the computerized era. As far as thetechnology advanced, their perception of digital resources changed from being mereoperational help in data management to representing sophisticated tools assisting research andeventually to the demand of cooperative work with computer scientists. The difficulties of theearly stages encountered in the path tread are remembered. The meaningful results of theefforts taken are described. The challenges of the ongoing research work are outlined.

TERMINOGRAFIA JURÍDICA PARA O MERCOSUL E RECURSOS INFORMATIZADOS

This paper focuses on the need to advance legal terminology and terminography theory andpractice in the South Market. Considering the close relationship between law and language, a brief overviewof the linguistic panorama of multinational communities where similar studies have been developed issketched. The fallacy that there are no translation problems between Portuguese and Spanish is discussed aswell as the misleading idea of the equivalence of the national legal systems of the member countries.Theoretical and methodological assumptions viewing an approach specifically designed are examined. Thevalue of computerized resources the implementation of terminography is highlighted. Some ideal features forthe South Market terminographical production are outlined.