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Abstract Lexical derivation is not a neutral operation from a semantic point of view, at least in technical vocabulary where "linguistic meaning" has often little to do with "terminological" meaning. The so-called "dérive terminologique" is an effect of the operation of naming: it reflects non-linguistic knowledge, which prevents the technical word from being interpretable only in terms of pure transformation of another word. The example of the verb passer shows a lack of predictibility of both the form and the meaning of the derivatives. A multifield terminological lexicography can easily be contemplated if terms are analysed on one hand as words, on the other hand as names of knowledge units. A modular organization of lexical databases allows this. This will be tested by explaining the formal properties and the conceptual "connectabilities" in the field of legal contracts. One use of such data bases is to allow conditional equivalences for translation work: if puce has such or such a property or even only one, then chip is required in English. It is also patently obvious that this explaining work, sufficient for human translation, is a logical precondition for all automation. The existence of terminological checking tools is most useful for technical writing.
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ABSTRACTRelational occupations can be studied as jobs like any others rather than being seen as separate, in that they are said to bring into play relations that supposedly resist objective examination from the sociological or economic perspective. But the sociological viewpoint of all relational work as primarily a provision of service derives from a managerial outlook which obscures the specific nature of relational public service occupations. These produce not provisions of service, but rather sociopolitical, cultural, ethical and interpersonal acts.