This chapter describes a part of the history of terminology, through the narrative of the emergence of two schools of thought in France: Socioterminology and Textual terminology. The authors of this chapter make no claim to represent French terminology per se. They seek to reflect on how terminology as a discipline has evolved in France. After contextualising the birth of these two theoretical approaches, the authors discuss their similarities and differences. This “comparative profile” highlights the proximity of the theoretical and methodological positions of Socioterminology and Textual termin­ology. The last section summarises these positions and offers reflections on the future of these two approaches, as well as on the future of terminology itself as a discipline.