Abstract:

The German Association for Technical Communication ( Die Gesellschaft für Technische Kommunikation-tekom Deutschland e. V. ) is the largest Association for Technical Communication in Europe. It works as a platform for exchanges of information and experiences for its members in Germany mainly. This article tries to introduce an investigation report made by tekom in 2016 about the situation of terminology management work implemented by companies in Germany. The English version is published in the tcworld magazine on-line with the title “Tight budgets and a growing number of languages impede terminology work”. This report can be regarded as a second report after 2010. The main researchers are still professor Klaus-dirk Schmitz who takes a role as director of the German Information and Dokumentation Center for Terminology, and Dr. Daniela Straub who is responsible for surveys and studies at tekom.

Key words: the German Association for Technical Communication, the situation of terminology management work in companies of Germany, the complication of terminology work inside and across corporations, the lifecycle of production, the service of translation for corporations, the service of localization for products, notions of the effective terminology management system