Developing Electoral Terminology for a New Official Language: Tetun in East Timor  

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Klinken, Catharina Williams-van

Jenis: Article from Journal
Dalam koleksi: Current Issues in Language Planning vol. 5 no. 2 (2004), page 142-150.
Topik: Tetun; East Timor; language shift; terminology; UNDP
Fulltext: Vol. 5, No. 2, 2004, 142-150.pdf (88.83KB)

Isi artikel

As an official language of newly-independent East Timor, the public role of Tetun has increased markedly since 1999. Its use is, however, hampered by a shortage of agreed, well-understood, technical terminology. This paper reports on a project by the Independent Electoral Commission and the United Nations Development Programme to develop a glossary of electoral terms for Tetun. Most of the proposed terms were based on Portuguese words; however, phrases were usually adjusted to Tetun syntax. Abstract nouns were given alternative translations as verbs. Definitions used complete sentences which included the head word, and gave more information than traditional dictionaries do.

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