Education

University of Oslo: Cand.mag. 1979 with the following exams: (Note: “Grunnfag” = two-semester study, “Mellomfag” = three to four-semester in-depth study.)

s Indo-Iranian “Mellomfag”: Study of historical Indo-Iranian linguistics and study of texts and literature in classical Sanskrit, Vedic, Pakrit, Pali, Avestan, and Old Persian.

s Germanic linguistics “Grunnfag”: Comparative linguistic study of Germanic languages and study of texts and literature in Gothic, Old High German, Old Low German, Old English, and Proto-Nordic.

s Comparative Indo-European linguistics “Mellomfag”: Comparative linguistic study of Indo-European languages and study of texts in Latin, classical and pre-classical Greek, Old Bulgarian (Church Slavonic), Hittite, Tokharian, etc.

Upper secondary school:

s Ski gymnas, examen artium, completed 1969.

s 1966–1967: Exchange student at high school in Centerville, Iowa.

Additional training

1990-09: Terminologiläran och dess relationer till andra områden [Study of terminology and its relation to other subject areas], Mariehamn, Åland. Teacher and participant at two-week Nordic research course.

1988-07/08: Third ESF Summer School in Linguistics, “Computational Lexicology and Lexicography”, Pisa, Italia. Three-week European research course organized by Prof. Antonio Zampolli.

1985-08: Nordisk terminologikursus II [Nordic terminology course II], Copenhagen. Teacher and participant at two-week Nordic research course organized by Heribert Picht.

1982-08: Fachspråk och terminologi [LSP and terminology], Vaasa, Finland. Two-week Nordic research course organized by Prof. Christer Laurén.

1981-06/07: Nordic Summer School in Computational Linguistics, Reykjavík, Iceland. Two-week Nordic research course.

1978-11/12: Three-week training programme in computer applications for the humanities at “NAVF’s edb-senter for humanistisk forskning” [data processing centre for humanistic research], Bergen.

Occupational experience

Standards Norway: From 2006-01-01 I am employed full time as Project Manager at Standards Norway, where I have been affiliated part time since 2003-01-01 (http://www.standard.no/). (Before the establishment of Standards Norway in November 2003 my affiliation was with the standardizing organization Norwegian Technology Centre.) I am working with national and international ICT standardization, and also with national and international standardization related to language resources. Among other things I take care of secretariat functions for CEN/ISSS Cultural Diversity Focus Group (CDFG) (see under http://www.cenorm.be/ and http://www.cdfg.org/).

Independent consultancy: From November 2001 I have established a consultancy service for language resources, terminology and lexicography. I also translate LSP texts into Norwegian (from English, Swedish, Danish, German). Through my “micro publishing house” elexi (http://www.elexi.no/) I publish dictionaries. From 2006-01-01 the consultancy activities have been reduced considerably since I am employed full time at Standards Norway.

The Norwegian Council for Technical Terminology (Rådet for teknisk terminologi): From 1982 at RTT (http://www.rtt.org/) on hourly basis, from 1985 in part time position, from 1987 as acting general secretary (full time), from 1990 as director. As the director of a small institution I have the responsibility of administrative routines, including economy. However, most of the time is spent on scientific activities, e.g. participation in dictionary projects, advice on terminological issues, all aspects of computerization of dictionary material, publication of terminology and other kinds of information on paper and in electronic form, including Internet publication. The foundation RTT ceases to exist in November 2001.

Language consultant for the Norwegian Standards Association (Norges Standardiseringsforbund): From 1985-10-01 until 1992 employed part time by NSF (http://www.standard.no/) with office at the Norwegian Language Council (http://www.språkrådet.no/ or http://www.sprakradet.no/). Examined all Norwegian-language draft Norwegian Standards.

The Norwegian Term Bank (Norsk termbank) at the University of Bergen: From 1979-03 until 1984-12 employed at the Norwegian Term Bank (previously affiliated with the Project for computational linguistics, now a part of the Humanities Information Technology Research Programme (http://www.hit.uib.no/hit/)) in full position. Developed computational methodologies for terminological materials.

The Norwegian Lexicographical Institute (Norsk leksikografisk institutt, NLI) at the University of Oslo: Worked on part-time basis with lexicographical and computational methodologies with a number of internal and external projects at the Institute:

s Norsk landbruksordbok [Norwegian Dictionary of Agriculture] (see under Publications): co-editor from 1970, affiliated with NLI on part-time basis from 1972 until 1979, in total corresponding to 2.5 years full time.

s Norsk teknisk ordbok [Norwegian Dictionary of Technology]: worked part time from 1976 until the publication of the first edition in 1981 and in connection with the second edition in 1984 (published by Det Norske Samlaget).

s Computerization of several dictionaries, e.g.:
Alf Hellevik, Nynorsk ordliste (from 1978; from 1982 directly in co-operation with Det Norske Samlaget).
Bokmålsordboka and Nynorskordboka (from 1978-11 until 1985; all parts of computerization).
Norsk Ordbok (implementation of the transition to computerization).

Oslo University Library: From 1975-05-01 until 1976-12-31 library assistant in half position at the library of the Faculty of Arts.

Appointments

Nordterm: Member of the Steering Group of Nordterm (http://www.nordterm.net/) since it was established in 1985 until 2003. Chairman of the Steering Group in two periods: 1985–1987 and 1995–1997.

ISO/IEC JTC 1 / SC 1: Head of the Norwegian delegation and chairman in the Norwegian reference group from 1994 until 1998. Project editor of projects under WG 4.

ISO / TC 37:

s 1998–: Chairman for ISO / TC 37 (http://www.iso.org/tc37/ and http://www.infoterm.info/standardization/iso_tc_37.php) and the Advisory Group of the committee (elected until 2006).

s 1998–: Convener of ISO / TC 37 / SC 2 / WG 1; project editor for ISO 639-1 (Codes for the representation of names of languages – Part 1: Alpha-2 code) (published in 2002); project editor for ISO 639-4 (Codes for the representation of names of languages – Part 4: Implementation guidelines and general principles for language coding) (publication expected in 2007); project editor for ISO 639-5 (Codes for the representation of names of languages – Part 5: Alpha-3 code for language families and groups) (publication expected in 2006).

s 1999–: Member of ISO 639 Joint Advisory Committee (JAC, http://lcweb.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/iso639jac.html) from its establishment. Acting chairman of JAC (on the behalf of Infoterm) 2002–2003. Secretary for JAC from February 2004.

s 1992–1999: Convener of ISO / TC 37 / SC 2 / WG 3; project editor for ISO 12199 (Alphabetical ordering of multilingual terminological and lexicographical data represented in the Latin alphabet) (published 2000-08-01).

s Chairman of the Norwegian reference group for ISO / TC 37.

s Received 2006-05 the Eugen Wüster Special Prize for the furthering of terminology on national and international level, in particular for the work as chairman of ISO / TC 37.

ISO / TC 207:

s 1996–2001: Chairman of ISO / TC 207 / SC 6 (Environmental management – Terms and definitions) (http://www.tc207.org/).

s 2001–: Chairman of the continuation of this committee: ISO / TC 207 / TCG (“Terminology Coordination Group”) (elected until 2006).

s 1996–: Member of Chairman’s Advisory Group for ISO / TC 207.

CEN / TC 304:

s Norwegian delegate to CEN / TC 304.

s 1998–2001: Project leader for the project “European Ordering Rules” (EOR, ENV 13710) until the finalization of the project.

CEN/ISSS: (http://www.cenorm.be/cenorm/businessdomains/businessdomains/informationsocietystandardizationsystem/)

s 2002: Was member of a Project Team (as Project Editor) under the Cultural Diversity Steering Group (CDSG) from 2002-03 to 2002-09, delivering the report Programming for Cultural Diversity in ICT systems (CDICT) (final version dated 2002-10-10). (CDSG changed 2006-01 its name to Cultural Diversity Focus Group (CDFG), see http://www.cdfg.org/.)

s 2003: Member (and coordinator) of project team under CEN/ISSS WorkShop for multilingual catalogues and classification for eBusiness (WS/eCAT).

s 2005–2006-03: Secretary for CEN/ISSS WorkShop for Administrative nomenclature (ADNOM).

EMF – European Multimedia Forum: EMF Executive Advisor for terminology and ICT standardization from 2002-11 (http://www.e-multimedia.org/).

TDCnet: Elected deputy chairman in the TDCnet Consortium (http://www.tdcnet.net/) 2001-03.

Infoterm: Elected vice president of Infoterm (http://www.infoterm.org/) 2001-08.

Participation in international projects

Nordterm: Participated since 1979 in Nordterm (http://www.nordterm.net/), the Nordic forum for terminology co-operation. Participated in most meetings and courses and in a number of projects.

ISO/IEC JTC 1 / SC 1 (previously ISO / TC 96 / SC 1): Was from 1981 until 1998 Norwegian delegate in this terminology committee (Information technology – Vocabulary). The committee was discontinued from 1999-01.

ISO / TC 37: I have been very active in the work of this committee since 1985, and even in the Nordic and the Norwegian reference groups for the committee. The title of the committee was until 2000 Terminology (principles and coordination). The title was then changed to Terminology and other language and content resources. I have participated in all Sub-committees and a number of Working Groups.

ISO / TC 207 / SC 6 (Environmental management – Terms and definitions) and its continuation ISO / TC 207 / TCG (Environmental management – Terminology Coordination Group): ISO / TC 207 (http://www.tc207.org/) develops the 14000 series of International Standards for environmental management. The TCG (previously SC 6) is responsible for terminology, which is being published as ISO 14050. I have participated in the Norwegian reference group since 1994 and since 1996 also in the international work.

CEN / TC 304 (European localization requirements): I have since 1997 taken part in the Norwegian reference group for this European standardizing committee. I have also participated as Norwegian delegate at several committee meetings. Since 1998 I have in particular worked with the project “European Ordering Rules” and developed common European rules for alphabetical ordering.

CEN/ISSS: During the period April–September 2002 I was Project Editor for the report Programming for Cultural Diversity in ICT systems (CDICT). The report is available on the CEN/ISSS web site (under http://www.cennorm.be/), and also for the time being at http://www.hjulstad.com/havard/CDIV/. From 2003-01-01 I am the secretary of CEN/ISSS Cultural Diversity Steering Group (CDSG), which as of 2006-01-01 has changed its name to CEN/ISSS Cultural Diversity Focus Group (CDFG) (see http://www.cdfg.org/). I have also been member (and coordinator) of a project team under CEN/ISSS WS/eCAT. Furthermore, during the period 2005-03 to 2006-02 I was secretary for CEN/ISSS WorkShop ADNOM.

IGU dictionary of the gas industry: Member of the dictionary committee of IGU (http://www.igu.org/) (IGU G-III) from 1986 until 1997 (the work was then completed and the committee was dissolved). The committee edited the Multilingual dictionary of the gas industry. During the time that I participated some of the volumes of the second edition were published, and I took part in all the work with the third edition (Vulkan-Verlag, Essen, 1997, ISBN 3-8027-3500-5). When the third edition was published, the committee was dissolved, but “contact persons” were appointed to evaluate the need to re-establish the committee and continue the work. I am a member of this group.

MLIS: Through RTT’s participation I have taken active part in a number of Nordic and European projects within the fields of terminology and terminology documentation. I participated in the following projects under the EU programme MLIS (“multilingual information society”):

s Nordterm-Net, which was finalized in1999, aimed among other things at establishing a Nordic term bank. The term bank itself was operational for a while. At present it is being restructured with the intention to make it a permanent service.

s EFCOT, which was finalized in 2000, has established the Norwegian computer terminology group, which is being administered by RTT.

s TDCnet, which was finalized toward the end of 2000, has contributed toward the establishment of a permanent network of terminological documentation centres. Following the finalization of the project a new consortium has been established to do further work in the field.

Special dictionary projects

I have worked under contract with the publishing houses Universitetsforlaget and Det Norske Samlaget regarding lexicographical assistance. This has included the following projects:

Universitetsforlaget:

s Anne-Line Graedler, Stig Johansson, Anglisismeordboka – Engelske lånord i norsk [Dictionary of anglisisms – English loan words in Norwegian], Oslo, 1997, 466 p. I developed the lexicographical methods for the dictionary and administered all data processing.

Det Norske Samlaget:

s Alf Hellevik, Nynorsk ordliste [Dictionary of Norwegian Nynorsk], Oslo, 1980 (4th ed.) – 2005 (10th ed.), 433 p (10th ed.). I computerized the whole dictionary and developed data model and lexicographical data processing.

s Audun Øyri, Norsk medisinsk ordbok [Norwegian dictionary of medicine], Oslo, 1988 (1st ed.) – 2001 (6th ed.), 1453 p (6th ed.). I administered computerization of the dictionary and developed lexicographical methods.

s Kolbjørn Hauge, Stor norsk rimordbok [“Large Norwegian rhyming dictionary”], Oslo, 1990, 605 p. I converted the material and developed the lexicographical model.

s Magne Rommetveit, På godt norsk [“Into good Norwegian”], Oslo, 2002, 318 p. I adapted the material and developed the lexicographical model.

For other publishers:

s Ingeborg Donali, Oppdaling – Ord og uttrykk [Oppdaling (dialect of Oppdal) – Words and expressions], Trondheim, 1988, 597 p. I administered computerization of the material and developed the lexicographical methods. I also administered all data processing. The dictionary contains very complex text with a special phonetic script. The originals for print were produced using the TeX text composition system.

Publications

Norsk landbruksordbok [Norwegian dictionary of agriculture]: Magne Rommetveit, Nikolai Nelvik, Håvard Hjulstad, Norsk landbruksordbok, Oslo 1979, Det Norske Samlaget, ISBN 82-521-0870-9, 581+402 p. Co-editor.

Norsk teknisk fagordbok [Norwegian technical dictionary]: Håvard Hjulstad, Bjarne Norevik, Norsk teknisk fagordbok, Oslo 1984, Universitetsforlaget, ISBN 82-00-07104-9, 747 p. Co-editor.

Ordbok for grunnskolen [Dictionary for primary schools]: Alf Hellevik, Håvard Hjulstad, Ordbok for grunnskolen – Nynorsk, Oslo 1983– (4th ed. 1998, 1st ed. with title Ordliste for grunnskulen), Det Norske Samlaget, 170 p. Co-author.

Ordbok for grunnskolen [Dictionary for primary schools]: Håvard Hjulstad, Lars Sødal, Ordbok for grunnskolen – Bokmål, Oslo 1983– (4th ed. 1997, 1st ed. with title Ordliste for grunnskolen), Det Norske Samlaget, 184 p. Co-author.

Bokmålsordliste [Dictionary of Norwegian Bokmål]: Håvard Hjulstad, Lars Sødal, Bokmålsordliste – Ordbok for skoleverket, Oslo 2001, Det Norske Samlaget, 434 p. Co-author.

Translations and articles

Translation:

During the period 1977–1981 I translated text books for primary and secondary schools for a number of Norwegian publishing houses. Most of the translations were from Norwegian Bokmål to Norwegian Nynorsk (in all about 5000 pages), but I have also translated books from Swedish to Norwegian, and a number of texts from English to Norwegian. During the same period I also worked as language consultant for Norwegian publishing houses.

During the period 1982–2001 I translated some texts, in particular “terminology-intensive” texts and lists of terms.

From 2002 I am again involved in translation projects, although to a lesser extent than previously.

Articles:

1979: “Ordboksprosjekt ved Norsk leksikografisk institutt som nyttar datamaskin” [“Dictionary projects at the Norwegian Lexicographical Institute that utilize computers”] (paper). In: EDB i språk- og litteraturforskning. Rapport fra en konferanse på Geilo 4. og 5. januar 1979 arrangert av NAVF’s EDB-senter for humanistisk forskning, Bergen. Bergen, 1979, p 95–98.

1980: “Norsk Termbank” [“The Norwegian term bank”]. In: Humanistiske Data 1980:1, Bergen, p 40–44.

1981: “Databehandling av norsk handordbok” [“Computerization of general language Norwegian dictionaries”] (paper). In: De nordiske datalingvistikkdagene 1981. Trondheim, 1981, p 171–174.

1982: “Behandling av namnedata. Edb ved Institutt for namnegransking” [“Data processing of names. EDP at the Department of name research”]. In: Humanistiske Data 1982:3/4, Bergen, p 16–18.

1982: “Terminology Projects at the Norwegian Term Bank” (paper). In: Henrik Holmboe (ed.), Sprog Og Mennesker, Nordisk forskersymposium om datamatunderstøttet leksikografi, august 1982. Århus, 1983, p 115–119.

1983: “Databehandling av leksikografi og terminologi – Finst det ein fellesnemnar?” [“Data processing of lexicography and terminology – Is there a common denominator?”] (paper). In: Seminar om datamaskinstøtta leksikografi og terminologi, Uppsala 5. og 6. oktober 1983, Bergen, 1983, p 6–9.

1983: “Edb og ordbøker – Nokre prosjekt innan allmenn leksikografi og terminografi” [“EDP and dictionaries – Some projects within general language lexicography and terminography”]. In: Humanistiske Data 1983:1, Bergen, p 42–46.

1983: “Eit opplegg for databehandling av namnemateriale” [“Methodology for data processing of names”] (paper). In: Den 2. nasjonale konferansen i namnegransking, Blindern 19. november 1982. Oslo, 1983, p 14–21.

1983: “(Typo)grafisk databehandling frå terminologens synsstad” [“(Typo)graphical data processing from a terminological point of view”] (paper). I: Nordterm 83, Seminarium: Datorstött terminologiarbete 3–5 maj 1983, Plenarmöte 5–6 maj 1983, Stockholm, 1983, p 39–46.

1984: “Termbanker og ‘kunnskapsbanker’ i dag og i morgen” [“Term banks and ‘knowledge banks’ today and tomorrow”]. In: Edb-konferanse for de humanistiske fag, Geilo 1984-11-15.

1984: “Terminology work in Norway and the Norwegian Term Bank” (paper). In: LEXeter’83 Proceedings – Lexicographica Series Maior 1, Tübingen, 1984, p 352–354.

1985: “Datamaskina i terminologiarbeidet” [“The computer in terminology work”]. In: Bjarne Norevik (ed.), Datamaskinen og språket – Hedersskrift til Kolbjørn Heggstad, Bergen, 1985, p 57–62.

1985: “Edb og terminologi – Termbanker” [“EDP and terminology – Term banks”] (lecture). In: Nordisk terminologikursus II, København 1985, p 440–454.

1985: “Mikromaskiner og leksikografi/terminology” [“Micro-computers and lexicography/terminology”] (paper). In: Symposium om datorstödd terminologi och lexikografi i Helsingfors den 13 och 14 december 1985, Helsingfors, p 34–40.

1985: “Terminologiarbeid på nasjonalt plan – Norge” [“Terminology work on the national level – Norway”] (lecture). In: Nordisk terminologikursus II, København 1985, p 432–439.

1985: “Terminologiske metoder i Norge, særlig ved RTT” [“Terminological methods in Norway, RTT in particular”] (lecture). In: Nordisk terminologikursus II, København 1985, p 428–429.

1989–: As editor of Termposten – Informasjon fra Rådet for teknisk terminologi og Foreningen for teknisk terminologi I have written a lot of editorial material. Below are included some articles.

1990: “Datamaskinstøttet termino- / leksiko- -logi / -grafi” [“Computer-assisted termino- / lexico- -logy / -graphy”] (lecture). In: Terminologiläran och dess relationer till andra områden, Nordisk forskarkurs i Mariehamn, Åland september 1990, Stockholm, 1992, p 185–192.

1990: “Termen – Uttrykkssida” [“The term – The expression side”] (lecure). In: Terminologiläran och dess relationer till andra områden, Nordisk forskarkurs i Mariehamn, Åland september 1990, Stockholm, 1992, p 89–96.

1995: “Nordisk termbank – Drøfting av en mulig samnordisk Termbank” [“Nordic term bank – Discussion of a possible common Nordic term bank”] (paper together with Kjell Westerberg, TNC). In: Terminologi og kvalitet – Nordterm-symposium 9.–11. juni 1995, Reykjavík, 1997, p 103–106.

1997: “a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z þ” (paper on alphabetical ordering standards). In: Håvard Hjulstad (ed.), Nordterm ’97 – Rapport fra Nordterm ’97, Guovdageaidnu 24–27 juni 1997, Oslo, 1997, p 87–89.

1998: “RTT – En språkteknologiinstitusjon” [“RTT – A language technology institution”]. In: Termposten 1998:2–3, Oslo, p 4–6.

1999: “Ordboksterminologi” [“Dictionary terminology”], review of Nordisk leksikografisk ordbok. In: LexicoNordica 6-1999.

2001: “a b c … æ ø å”. In: Termposten 2001:1, Oslo, p 12–14.

Language and computer skills

(“Passive knowledge” means ability to read and understand the language. “Active knowledge” means ability to write and speak the language.)

Norwegian: mother tongue, very good active and passive knowledge of both Bokmål and Nynorsk

Swedish: very good passive knowledge, good active knowledge

Danish: very good passive knowledge, good active knowledge

English: very good active and passive knowledge

German: good passive knowledge, fair active knowledge

Other languages: Through university studies and other courses I have acquired knowledge in a large number of languages, including French and Spanish.

Computer skills:

s Programming in Fortran and Pascal. I have worked with extensive program systems for manipulation of lexicographical and terminological data.

s Advanced user of software like MS Word and MS Access. Experienced user of other standard software.

s Quite a lot of data modelling experience, e.g. through the development of the Nordic terminology record format (NTRF, http://www.rtt.org/ntrf/).