symposium E7

Title

SYMPOSIUM ON SPACE TERMINOLOGY

Description

The International Academy of Astronautics has been engaged for some time in the development of a multilingual space-terminology data-base system that will contain a significant number of the terms relevant to space in as many languages as possible (presently, we have around 20 languages covered). It also hopes to incorporate definitions of the terms in English (and French) as a first step and then step-wise with other languages. The immediate goal, however, is to publish the 50th Anniversary of Space-Era Edition of IAA Multilingual Space Dictionary. This Symposium is an effort to promote the activities as well as to offer a forum to discuss language issues and related matters based on the 50 years experience in space research and development activities.

IPC members

• Coordinator: Mr. Gordon P. Whitcomb, United Kingdom;