Abstract
The paper outlines the historical background and the current legal framework related to language and terminology policy and planning in South Tyrol. South Tyrol is a multilingual province in northern Italy where German and Ladin are officially recognised minority languages. The paper briefly touches upon Ladin and then focuses on the different approaches to terminology planning implemented over time for South Tyrolean German. It illustrates the legal comparative method applied to develop legal terminology for this local-only minority language and the standardisation procedure. By comparing the work and workflow of the South Tyrolean Terminology Commission to that of other standardisation bodies, the paper highlights the advantages and limitations of current approaches and offers some prospects that could help renovate the existing workflow.