Iš Valstybinės lietuvių kalbos komisijos veiklos

From the activities of the State Lithuanian Language Commission 291 Reviews, reports Activities of the State Lithuanian Language Commission (based on the 2007 report of the Language Commission) kAlbos progrAmos In 2007, three language programmes were continued: “Legal and administrative supervision of the state language”, the programme for the preservation of dialects and ethnic place names 2001–2010 and the programme for the standardization, use, education and dissemination of the state language 2006–2015. The draft of the new version of the law on the state language of the Republic of Lithuania, registered in 2006, was further discussed in the Education, Science and Culture Committee of the Seimas. On 9 November 2007, the Language Commission held a round table discussion, the participants of which agreed on the wording of the draft law relating to employment relations. The language commission conducted a survey of newspapers, cultural publications, publishing houses (over 30 in total) on whether it is necessary to change the principles of presenting personal names in other languages in publications and whether the provision on personal names should be included in the language law. The absolute majority of respondents believe that the principles set out in the 60th resolution of the Language Commission should not be changed, the provision on personal names in other languages should not be withdrawn from the Language Act. The Ministry of Justice of the Republic 292 kAlbos kultūrA | 81 Lithuanian language resources access information systems, increase the volume of digital texts relevant to the Lithuanian gramos1 rengimo. programos priemonėse numatyta įdiegti skaitmeninės language, standardize Lithuanian language terms used in information technologies, lexical units, etc., the language commission submitted a conclusion to the Vilnius district municipality that the name Lavoriškių Emilii Plater secondary school in Vilnius region violates Lithuanian language norms. By the decision of the Vilnius District Administrative Court, the decision of the Vilnius District Municipal Council of 9 February 2007 “On the naming of the secondary school in Vilnius district” was cancelled. of Lithuania was asked to ensure that names in the register of legal entities are spelled in accordance with the State Language Act, the Education Act and the general rules of the Lithuanian language. The term bank of the Republic of Lithuania 2007 metais lietuvos respublikos terminų banke paskelbti 36 172 terminų articles, of which 834 were assigned status approved, 35 284 – status to be provided, 50 – not to be provided. In total, there are already about 87 thousand in the term bank. terms articles. in addition to statutory terms, the term bank provides terms from other sources. In cooperation with the Institute of Botany, in 2007 Lithuanian names of bamboo subfamily plants, vegetables, as well as plant species included in the Appendices of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora were published in the term bank – a total of 3023. The term bank was also supplemented with data from the following dictionaries: Explanatory Dictionary of Railway Transport Terms, Explanatory Dictionary of Company Management Terms, Explanatory Dictionary of Thermal and Nuclear Technology Terms, Encyclopedic Dictionary of Protection against Destruction, Artillery Terms Dictionary, Automation Terms Dictionary, Ornamental Plants Dictionary, Encyclopedic Dictionary of Education, Mammals Names Dictionary, Fish Names Dictionary – a total of 33 thousand term articles. 1 Valstybės žinios, 2007, no. 40-1487. From the activities of the State Lithuanian Language Commission 293 tArptAutInIAI ryŠIAI 2007.08.19-01.09.2007 Senior Specialist of the General Division of the Language Commission Aistė pangonytė participated in the 9th Conference and 23rd Session of the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names (ungegn) in New York. On September 28, the language committee was visited by Margareta Roth, Head of the Unit of the Directorate General for Translation of the European Commission, to discuss how to improve the language of European Union documents, especially terminology. On 12-13 November 2016, the Chairperson of the Language Commission Irena Smetonytė attended the annual conference of the European Federation of Language Institutions (efnIl) on European and national language policy in Riga. At the end of 2016, the Lithuanian State Commission for the Language, which manages the term bank of the Republic of Lithuania, signed a membership agreement with the EuroTermBank consortium. According to this agreement, the Lithuanian Republic Terms Bank will become an external Eurotermbank database – Eurotermbank users will find Lithuanian Republic Terms Bank terms articles among their search results. Dite liepa and Ingrīda pauniņa, consultants of the Latvian State Language Agency, visited the language commission. The discussions focused on personal names, company names, trademarks and other issues relevant to both languages. prepared answers to the questionnaire of the European Union (es) multilingualism project on the evaluation of the es language policy. the wish to see more coherent and targeted language policy. The EU should review the funding principles for the development and deployment of language technologies, as the status of the official EU languages is very unequal. In 2007 there were 8 meetings of the language commission. 80 meetings of subcommissions were held: terminology subcommissions – 46, textbook subcommissions – 10, vocabulary subcommissions – 9, joint subcommissions of vocabulary and grammar – 9, provisional subcommissions on the preparation of new principles for the standardization of borrowed words – 3, pronunciation and spelling subcommissions – 2, joint terminology and grammar subcommissions – 1. about 300 expert opinions on personal names, place names, terms and concepts, names of companies, institutions and organisations, language of documents, etc., prepared for various institutions and individuals; 294 kAlbos culture | 81 Termination. General requirements for the preparation of glossaries of terms were prepared, approved by the language commission’s decision of 20 December 2007 and published as a recommendation2. 3 terminology dictionaries were discussed at the meetings of the language commission, 2 of which were evaluated positively, 10 terminology standards prepared by the Lithuanian Standardization Department were discussed, 8 of which were approved. 1630 term articles from laws, government decrees and other legal acts were discussed at the meetings of the terminology subcommission. The 3671 plant names submitted by the Institute of Botany were considered, including lists of names of woody, fibrous, resinous, tanned and other plants used for technical purposes, as well as lists of names of fish, molluscs, cephalopods and other species submitted by the Department of Fisheries of the Ministry of Agriculture. The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) is the most important international treaty on trade in endangered species of wild fauna and flora. On June 5, 2007, the language commission recommendation “On Lithuanian names of certain plant species included in the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora”3 was published. About 600 terminology consultations were provided in writing (mainly by e-mail) and by telephone. Grammar and punctuation. On 5 April, Decision No. n-1 (110) “On the Verbation of Symbolic Names”4 was adopted, which aims to prevent violations of the Lithuanian language substitution system. The proposals of the Department of Classical Languages of the Faculty of Philology of Vilnius University concerning Lithuanian forms of terms derived from Greek or Latin with endings -os, -on, -um and so on were discussed at the joint meeting of the subcommissions of grammar and terminology. A year after the adoption of the language commission’s resolutions “On the rules of mandatory separation” and “On the rules of optional separation”, teachers and evaluators of the Lithuanian language maturity exam were asked how they are applying them. comments, suggestions on how the rules could be refined, forwarded to the spelling, punctuation and grammar subcommittee. 2 Information Notices, 2007, No 100(1). 3 Informaciniai pranešimai, 2007, no. 44; revised on 25 October, Inf. pranešimai, 2007, no. 4 Valstybės žinios, 2007, no. 42-1625; also Kalbos kultūra, vol. 80, p. 188. 295 Placenames and Personal Names. The list of names of countries has been revised5, a new version of the list of names of lands and counties with long and short versions of the names6 has been prepared, and the list of names of capitals of countries has been revised7. the language commission adopted a recommendation on the renaming of railway station-type residential areas8. notifications of this recommendation were sent to 41 municipalities. The State Protected Areas Service under the Ministry of Environment has received comments on the list of State protected natural heritage objects approved by the order of the Minister of Environment. The list of natural monuments must be amended accordingly. organized the final linguistic check of the river names that will form the state cadastre of rivers, lakes and ponds of the Republic of Lithuania (carried out by expert dr. laimutis bilkis). comments forwarded to the Environmental Protection Agency. The Automobile Roads Directorate under the Ministry of Transport has been informed that the road sign Žalpė in the district of Šalčininkai has been changed to Labanoro upė without reason. requested to return the old record. About 20 conclusions on the names of residential areas, quarters, water names were submitted to municipalities, more than 50 conclusions on the correctness of street names were prepared. The joint Subcommittee on the Nomenclature and the Subcommittee on Spelling, Interpunction and Grammar discussed the comments accumulated by the Secretariat on points 6 and 8 of the 60th resolution of the Language Commission, regulating the principles of adaptation of personal names and place names of other languages and endings to authentic forms. A slightly broader survey of practitioners (translators, editors) on the reading of foreign names with certain endings in a coherent text was carried out, the preparation of the final decision was postponed. There is a great lack of linguistic research on personal names, there is no normative list of names, therefore, after acquiring population register data, the research project “Scientific analysis of names of Lithuanian citizens and preparation of normative recommendations for names” was started. The language commission decided to allocate funds to create a database of names of Lithuanian citizens. a public and free name website will be created, where parents, registry offices and consulates abroad will find guidance on the appropriateness, pronunciation and spelling of names. 5 Valstybės žinios, 2007, no. 105-4333; also Kalbos kultūra, vol. 80, p. 189. 6 Valstybės žinios, 2007, no. 138-5707; also Kalbos kultūra, vol. 81, pp. 298–300. 7 Valstybės žinios, 2007, no. 118-4863; also Kalbos kultūra, vol. 80, pp. 189–191. 8 Information notices, 2007, no. 100. 296 kAlbos kultūrA | In 2007, more than 60 certificates of identity of personal names were issued to 81 different institutions and individuals. Spelling. The language commission approved the General Pronunciation Guide of the Lithuanian Language by Antanas Pakerius, Bonifacas Stundžys and Danguolė Mikulėnienė. Evaluation of textbooks. The textbook evaluation subcommittee examined the language of 73 textbooks for general education schools. 51 textbooks were immediately awarded a mark confirming the correctness of the language, 21 textbooks were returned to publishers for correction. Lexicon. On 15 February, the language commission approved the general principles of standardization of new debt, which were prepared by the temporary subcommittee. Based on these principles, the staff of the Language Culture Department of the Lithuanian Language Institute started the project “Study of the Use of New Foreign Words in Lithuanian Language: 1998−2008” commissioned by the Language Commission. It's work. At the meeting on February 15, the list of literary monuments of significance for Lithuanian culture to be published was approved. A temporary subcommittee composed of specialists in ancient writings prepared a recommendation “On the general requirements for the publication of ancient texts significant for Lithuanian culture”9. On behalf of the language commission, the social research institute conducted a study on “language at work”. The data of the study allow to draw the main conclusion: the position of Lithuanian language in the field of labour relations is quite strong, although one Iš Valstybinės kalbos norminimo, vartojimo, ugdymo ir sklaidos 2006– working language is often not enough for modern business. In 2015, 8,869 Lithuanian publications (dictionaries, monographs, teaching aids, etc.) were purchased and donated free of charge to libraries of higher university schools, colleges, counties, municipalities and public libraries of state importance. about 100 higher education diplomas, their supplements, supplements and certificate forms were reviewed. comments were made on their language, it was proposed to coordinate the titles of study programmes with the language commission, as well as to apply more strictly the requirements of terminological normativity to the titles of study subjects. 9 Information Notices, 2007, No 57(1). In 2007, about 32,000 language consultations were provided, of which about 13,000 were provided online and almost 19,000 by telephone. About 130 questions are answered per day. The database of the online language consultation bank has been supplemented with more than 1400 new entries over the past year (now it contains more than 7400 headings). The 2015 program supported the Lithuanian radio program “parink žodžiui kelią”, the A2 radio program “kalbos pamokėlės”, Iš Valstybinės kalbos norminimo, vartojimo, ugdymo ir sklaidos 2006– the Lithuanian television program “(k)laidelė”, the ltV 2 channel program “žodžių kišenė”, the lnk television program “žodis − ne žvirblis”. finance the thematic pages of the magazines Gimtoji kalba, Gimtasis žodis, Žvirblių takas. They were written about problems of language education, teachers were introduced to the latest Lithuanian computer programs, etc. In the 12th issue of Žurnalistų žinios, in the section “language experts advise”, 55 readers’ questions were answered. Psychiatric language tips published in the permanent section „language corner“ of the journal Psichiatrijos žinios. In early 2007, the second national dictation competition was held. The language commission assisted the weekly newspaper Atgimimas, which organized the event, as a partner and sponsor. In 2006, at the suggestion of the Lithuanian Language Commission and with its support, the Lithuanian Language Society organized the first Language Cleanliness Days, dedicated to the language problems of television. In 2007, the language and style of television and periodical publications were also studied. The results of the Second Language Cleanliness Days were discussed in the journal Gimtoji kalba (2007, no. 11, 12; 2008, no. 1). Lithuanian Literature and Folklore Institute together with the Lithuanian History Institute, Lithuanian Language Institute and the State Lithuanian Language Commission organized a symposium on 25 January entitled “Duchy or Principality? Problems of presentation of names, personal names and place names of the realities of ancient Lithuania“. Material was prepared for the symposium on the relationship and use of the principality and the principality, it was emphasized that it is necessary to create databases of personal names and place names used in the works of historians and literary scholars, the support of the language commission was offered. received 08/07/2008 jūrAtė pAlIonytė State Lithuanian Language Commission žvejų g. 14A, lt-09310 Vilnius [email protected]