A comparative User Evaluation of Terminology Management Tools for Interpreters

When facing new fields, interpreters need to perform extensive searches for specialised knowledge and terminology. They require this information prior to an interpretation and have it accessible during the interpreting service. Fortunately, there are currently several terminology management tools capable of assisting interpreters before and during an interpretation service. Although these tools appear to be quite similar, they provide different kind of features and as a result they exhibit different degrees of usefulness. This paper aims at describing current terminology management tools with a view to establishing a set of features to assess the extent to which terminology tools meet the specific needs of the interpreters. Subsequently, a comparative analysis is performed to evaluate these tools based on the list of features previously identified.