Last week July 21-25th was Maori Language Week in New Zealand. During that week searching and using Google in the Maori language or te reo was launched. Go to www.google.co.nz and try it out.
In the catalogue of the New Zealand School of Export I began using Maori subject headings from the thesaurus Nga Upoko Tukutuku hosted by the National Library of New Zealand. Some of the terms I will find useful are:
tauhokohoko - trade
hua - food produce sold for profit
putea - finance
tapoi - tourism
As the thesaurus is developing and evolving I am sure there will be more terms which can be used to make the ELIScat more useful to Maori. Are there any lists of trade terms in First Nations languages which others are using?
Graeme
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Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Thesaurus of International Trade Terms
Autumn fungi at Aokautere Park. Well it's now winter, but that is a good time to be indoors cataloguing materials for our exporters. I have just purchased a copy of Thesaurus of International Trade Terms Rev. 4, 2004 and am finding it most useful. It is not vastly different from what I was doing previously but I am already adding to it. For example I have added the sectoral terms used by New Zealand Trade & Enterprise - Food & beverage sector.
Does anyone else out there use it? Do you have any comments which might be useful to share?
Graeme
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