Ioanna Mavridou

7th November 2022

My House of European History: Together apart. Mobility in times of COVID-19. Christina’s Story. | Terminology Coordination Unit

Christina, a student from Sweden, explains how her life has changed during the pandemic. For a person outgoing as her, it was very difficult to cope with the restrictions and not being able to enjoy her favourite activities. Before the pandemic hit, she was travelling to Australia, New Zealand and Singapore as an international student. All of a sudden, travelling was banned and she had to move back to Sweden.

She points out how challenging it was to complete her last two courses digitally, as s

6th September 2022

New Platform for Georgian Online Terminological Dictionaries and Multilingual Dictionary Management System | Terminology Coordination Unit

We have started a new cooperation with the University of Tbilisi and the Bureau of Translation of International Agreements of the

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia in several domains of Terminology without Borders. Several resources will be published shortly

in the respective resources section of the Terminology Without Borders website. For instance, the paper of the professor Tinatin Margalitadze “New Platform for Georgian Online Terminological Dictionaries and Multilingual Dictionary Ma

5th September 2022

I-ATE Food Terminology E-Book

23rd July 2022

I-ATE FOOD TERM OF THE WEEK: Mille-Feuille | Terminology Coordination Unit

Mille-Feuille is one of France’s most famous signature pastries. Translated as ‘thousands sheets’, this pastry is also known with the names Napoleon, custard slice and vanilla slice. It consists of three puff pastry sheets, filled and layered with two generous layers of pastry cream, or crème pâtissière. However, nowadays there are many different variants, with either chocolate or fruits. The top layer of Mille-Feuille can be either with icing sugar, cocoa powder, almonds, while more variants th

15th July 2022

IATE Term of the Week: Aquaculture | Terminology Coordination Unit

Have you ever heard of the term aquaculture? Aquaculture is defined as the harvesting and breeding of fish, algae, shellfish and organisms in general that live in water environments. Since the demand for seafood has rapidly increased over the last years, aquaculture (with the assistance of technology) has been used to produce food, restore the water habitat and rebuild populations of endangered species in the water.

The EU aquaculture accounts for about 20% of fish and shellfish supply and empl

28th June 2022

My House of European History: Together apart. Mobility in times of COVID-19. Sandra’s Story. | Terminology Coordination Unit

‘’When can we go back to school?’’ was a question, Sandra, a teacher at Swedish International School, often heard during the lockdown in Stockholm. She started to work from home at the peak of the pandemic, when she had to teach her class of young pupils how to do their homework through a screen for six weeks. She reminisces the days before the pandemic, when she was able to meet friends, family and spend time for her hobbies without any obstacle. At this point, she appreciated her pre-pandemic

25th June 2022

I-ATE FOOD TERM OF THE WEEK: Swedish Semla | Terminology Coordination Unit

Semla, or fettisdagsbulle, is one of Scandinavia’s and therefore Sweden’s culinary trademarks. This sweet fluffy roll produced in various forms, is associated mostly with Shrove Tuesday. The etymology of the word semla is quite interesting: It’s a loan from the German semmel which derives from the Latin simila (meaning flour), which derives from the Greek σεμιδάλις (groat).

The oldest version of the semla was simply a bread bun, consumed in a bowl of warm milk. In the beginning, the semla was e

21st June 2022

Interview with Vilelmini Sosoni | Terminology Coordination Unit

Dr Vilelmini Sosoni is tenured Assistant Professor in Translation at the Department of Foreign Languages, Translation and Interpreting at the Ionian University in Greece. She has taught Specialised Translation in the United Kingdom at the University of Surrey, the University of Westminster, Roehampton University and the University of Wolverhampton, and in Greece at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Metropolitan College and the Institut Français d’ Athènes. She also has extensiv

17th June 2022

IATE Term of the Week: LUX Audience Awards | Terminology Coordination Unit

The Lux Audience Award (European Audience Film Award) made its appearance in 2020 and since then, the European Parliament and the European Film Academy present it in partnership with the European Commission and the Europa Cinemas.

The award is the continuation of the former Lux Prize, which was established in 2007 promoting the European Parliament’s commitment to arts and culture. The goal of the Lux Audience Award is to strengthen the relationship between citizens and politics. The nominated f

6th June 2022

TermNews Spring 2022 | Terminology Coordination Unit

The new edition of TermNews for Spring 2022 is ready! Check it out in order to discover more information about the terminologist teambuilding day on March 17, 2022 and the new IATE trainings (basic and advanced) for language professionals, linguists and EP drafters.

In addition, you can gain more insights on the participation of TermCoord in the Pan-European Terminology Summit, new addition in the team, Sketch Engine licenses and the unit’s contribution to more extended thematic termbases.

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