Termigal is the body in charge of ''the general coordination of terminology activities in relation to the
Galician language
Galician ( , ), also known as Galego (), is a Iberian Romance languages, Western Ibero-Romance language. Around 2.4 million people have at least some degree of competence in the language, mainly in Galicia (Spain), Galicia, an Autonomo ...
, of promoting and developing terminological resources and products of linguistic engineering in which terminology plays an important role''.
[Information brochure of Termigal] It was created in 1997 out of an agreement between
Royal Galician Academy
The Royal Galician Academy (, RAG) is an institution dedicated to the study of Galician culture and especially the Galician language; it promulgates norms of grammar, spelling, and vocabulary and works to promote the language. The Academy is bas ...
(as the academic authority in charge of sanctioning the spelling rules for Galician language) and the Linguistic Planning Agency of the
Galician government (as an independent body with competence in
linguistic policy issues). It currently tries to establish the technical terms for Galician language, namely:
* they develop glossaries for a wide range of domains of knowledge.
* they provide consulting services by phone or mail to translators, terminologists, etc.
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1997 establishments in Spain
Galician language