The TEAM system is a data bank developed in Germany for translators of specialized technical, economic, and scientific texts. The system is described in nontechnical language, with attention to multilingual terminology, multiword terms, phraseology, definitions and contexts, synonyms, grammatical data, and data organization and retrieval. (MSE)

Reports on an experiment designed to test French secondary students' intuitive understanding of the nuances among six semantic categories of the structure "'etre' plus past participle," and their ability to translate these nuances into a second language (English or Spanish). (AM)

Describes a translation program at the University of Ottawa based on a series of three translation sessions over a period of three months. Outlines a four-year university program for professional translation students, comprising an internship period in the third and fourth years. (AM)

Discusses two experiments designed to test the following hypothesis: translation which proceeds from surface structure to surface structure causes greater interference than delayed interpretation across languages that stores the ideas in deep memory and expresses them later in the target language. (Author/CFM)

Presents suggestions and activities for teaching the imperfect and the "passe compose" in French second year classes. (AM)

Reports on the curriculum development process used as part of teacher education, identifying problems of teacher time and effort, relationship to the practical demands of classroom teaching, and links with other aspects of teacher's work. (Author/CK)

Examines corresponding bank terms in Canadian and American usage. (AM)

After being translated into French, the Learning Environment Inventory was administered to 3,065 high school students in Quebec. The scales of the Inventory were then related to achievement scores. Results supported the validity of the inventory. (Author/JKS)

Suggests that cumulative dynamic analysis of the semantic structure of the incoming message is subconsciously performed by interpreters. (Author/RL)

Examines various approaches to the teaching of word meanings in the second language classroom, including the use of translation, visual aids, and direct methods. (AM)

Discusses the need for terminology banks in the scientific fields, and describes the work of AFTERM (Association Francaise de Terminologie) in coordinating lexicographic activities in France. (AM)

This article describes the two-year language program for interpreter-translators offered at the University of Toulouse-Le Mirail, France. (Text is in French.) (CLK)

Discusses the problem of the lack of French terminology for computer science personnel, and provides a list of such terminology. (Text is in French.) (CLK)

This bibliography cites bibliographies, dictionaries, encyclopedias, atlases, and resource books for translators, including entries on language and linguistics relevant to translators. (Text is in French.) (CLK)

Natural language processing (NLP) is concerned with getting computers to do useful things with natural language. Major applications include machine translation, text generation, information retrieval, and natural language interfaces. Reviews important developments since 1987 that have led to advances in NLP; current NLP applications; and problems…