In My Own Terms is the personal blog of Patricia Brenes—a language lover, translator, and ECQA certified Terminology Manager. [1] In 2016, Brenes saw that others who were similarly curious about the young discipline of terminology didn't have a place to learn and share.
In My Own Terms has—twice—been awarded 5th place in bab.la’s language lovers contest under the category Professional Language Blogs. Bab.la, of the Oxford University Press and their blog Lexophiles, organize an annual ranking of 1,000 language blogs, to finally nominate the top 25.
I first discovered In My Own Terms through a post titled 'Is this a glossary, a lexicon, or a thesaurus? How to tell them apart.' while researching internal organizational structures for 📝Mythos One.
"[...], terminology books are expensive and hard to get, and even if you could afford them, they tend to be a little too technical. That is why I called it In My Own Terms, to explain concepts, well, in my own terms, and make terminology as a career more accessible to potential terminologists and terminology teaching a little bit more fun. This is a perfect site for newbies, but also for those who already know about terminology and want to comment and provide resources. So In My Own Terms is for “beginners and beyond”. ~ Patricia Brenes
References
- In My Own Terms, inmyownterms.com