Konferencija „Moksliniai, administraciniai ir edukaciniai terminologijos lygmenys“

280 Regina Kvašytė Conference Scientific, administrative and educational terminologijos lygmenys doi.org/10.35321/term26-14 Conference Scientific, administrative and educational terminology components Regina Kvašytė Šiauliai University, Institute of Latvian Language, University of Latvia On 17-18 October 2019, the Institute of Lithuanian Language hosted the 3rd Intermediate Terminology Conference. National Scientific Conference of the and Educational The Terminology Centre started organizing international Lithuanian Language Institute (hereinafter – LKI) Scientific, Administrative scientific conferences in 2003 and they are held every two years, so this was already the 9th terminology conference in Vilnius. This year’s conference is the largest – it gathered speakers from Lithuanian and 16 foreign countries (Austria, Denmark, Spain, Italy, Croatia, Latvia, Poland, Norway, Romania, Russia, Sakartvelo, Slovakia, Finland, Sweden, Ukraine, Hungary) scientific institutions. The program included 32 presentations from foreign countries and 13 from Lithuanian scientists. Among the participants were the world-renowned terminology theoretician, Professor Emeritus from Denmark, Herbert Picht, and other renowned terminologists. The conference was opened by LKI Director Dr. Albina Auksoriūte. As a terminologist herself, she recalled the importance of terminology in a changing world and, based on the guidelines for terminology policy prepared by the International Terminology Information Centre (INFOTERM) on behalf of UNESCO in 2005, emphasized the role of terminology development in the development of national languages: “<...> there is an important link between the ability of an individual to use his native language in all areas of culture, science and business and the social and economic well-being of the language-speaking community. People whose mother tongue terminology and specialized language are not (insufficiently) developed or who do not use their mother tongue in education and training, do not receive information in their mother tongue or do not communicate in their mother tongue in the workplace, do not have favourable conditions for their full development [...] 281Terminology | 2019 | 26 281Terminology | 2019 | 26 281Terminology | 2019 | 26 281Terminology | 2019 | 26 281Terminology | 2019 | 26 281Terminology | 2019 | 26 281Terminology | 2019 | 26 A. Auksoriūte wished a successful conference, interesting ideas and scientific discoveries, useful discussions and warm conversation. Henrik Nilsson, President of the European Association of Terminology (EAFT), and Christian Galinski, Director of the International Terminology Information Centre (INFOTERM), greeted the conference participants (the latter by telephone). His main message was that the conferences organized by LKI have become an excellent example of international and national cooperation between terminologists. Recalling his own experience (he has participated in terminologists’ events in Vilnius three times) and the participation of Lithuanian terminologists in INFOTERM activities (he highlighted the contribution of A. Auksoriūte, as president of this organization from 2009 to 2018, Ch. Galinskis emphasized that the conferences are improving and that the activities are being carried out more professionally, because it has been possible to bring together people interested in terminology issues, and wished to continue the work started and cover new areas of activity. The conference was opened by two of the three guest speakers. Professor Dr. Johan Myking from the University of Bergen (Norway) talked about the formation of terms – the approach to theoretical assumptions and their change in contemporary terminology theory, especially by updating the meaning of motivation. Professor Dr. Larissa Manerko of Moscow State M. V. Lomonosov University (Russia) – about cognitive terminology as a way to understand knowledge structures in special discourse and terminological systems. The next part of the plenary session began with a video message read by Blanca Stella Giraldo Perez (co-authored by Ch. Galinski). The presentation addressed the resources and practical tools that could be used in teaching and learning terminology to achieve the best result. The audience heard an insight from the speaker Elena Chiocchetti from Italy on the terminology work in South Tyrol – a multilingual province in northern Italy – in order to develop the German legal terminology needed by the local public administration and to create new terms and manage term banks. Lia Karosanidze from the A. Chikobava Institute of Linguistics of Tbilisi State University reviewed the history of the development of the term bank and its future prospects in Sakartvelo, while Dmitry Shilovskiy from the A. I. Yevdokimovsky State Medical and Dental University of Moscow (Russia) focused on the specifics of interdisciplinary terminological communication in developing the systemic thinking of medical students. 282 Regina Kvašytė Conference Scientific, administrative and educational terminologijos lygmenys The third guest speaker – Dr. Anita Nuopponen from the University of Vaasa (Finland) – discussed the educational aspects of terminology science. Based on terminology courses and training descriptions, she discussed different types of modern training for different audiences. EAFT President Henrik Nilsson, this time as a representative of C.A.G Mawell / Next, spoke about the emergence of new professional activities related to terminology and the status of terminologists in Europe, especially in Sweden. Ana Ostroški Anić and Martina Pavić from the Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics (Croatia) discussed the creation of an aviation term database in English and Croatian using the principle of semantic frames. Afterwards, the conference participants continued their work in sections. In Section A (in English), presentations were given by Esztera Sermann and Dóra Mária Tamás from Hungary (on the description and classification of term banks and other virtual term resources), Igoris Kudashevas and Olga Semenova from Finland, University of Tampere (on the project of creating a thematic dictionary of Finnish and Russian medical terms), Marekas Łukasikas and Piotr Sulikas from Poland, Pomeranian Academy of Slupsk (on some issues relevant to translators related to the use of specialized translation dictionaries available online), and Lithuanian researchers – Sigita Rackevičienė and Liudmila Mockienė from Mykolas Romeris University and their co-author Andrius Utka from Vytautas Magnus University (on the creation of a specialized English-Lithuanian term database). The work of Section B (presentations were read in Lithuanian) was opened by Regina Kvašytė, representing Šiauliai University and the Institute of Latvian Language of the University of Latvia, whose presentation was devoted to comparative studies of Lithuanian and Latvian terminology. Vytautas Magnus University lecturers Jolanta Kovalevskaitė and Agnė Bielinskienė discussed in detail one of the forms of teaching and learning applied in their course Terminology and terminography – the project of descriptive terminology. Vidas Valskys, working in the Lithuanian Army’s Board of Training and Doctrine, examined the current situation of military terminology, and Alvydas Umbrasas, an employee of the Lithuanian Army’s Terminology Centre, revealed the diversity of the word ‘terminas’ in the Lithuanian language dictionary. The second day of the conference was opened by Miroslav Zumrák, a terminologist at the L. Štúr Institute of Linguistics of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, whose presentation was devoted to terminology and institutional ontologies. 283Terminology | 2019 | 26 important elements of the language of court decisions. Dace Šostaka from the University of Latvia discussed theoretical aspects of terminology automation and localization, and Jana Levická from the L. Štúr Institute of Linguistics of the Slovak Academy of Sciences discussed the productivity of adjective suffixes in Slovak medical terminology. Christian Lewis from the Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics concluded the session with a presentation on false translator friends in Croatian terminology and some recommendations on how to avoid such cases. As on the first day of the conference, the work continued in parallel sections. In section A, the speakers focused mainly on cognitive aspects of terminology. Terminologist Larisa Alekseeva from Perm State University (Russia) read a presentation on the cycle of metaphors in the term creation process, prepared with co-authors – colleague from the university Svetlana Mishlanova and professor emeritus from Copenhagen Business School (Denmark) Heribert Picht, who also participated in the conference work. Two other terminologists from Russia – Anastasia Sharapkova (Moscow State M. V. Lomonosov University) and Margarita Lazareva (Perm State University) – also devoted their presentations to metaphors. The first discussed the transformation of culturally specific words into biology terms, and the second – the use of mythological metaphors to name bacteria. Kaliningrad State Technical University (Russia) Elena Logunova spoke about cognitive aspects of economic computing terms. Section B met at the same time. Daiva Aliūkaitė (Vilnius University) read a report prepared together with Danguole Mikulėnienė (LKI) on the problems of inherited and new terms in the discourse of traditional dialectology and modern regional languages. Nijolė Bliūdžiuvienė (Lithuanian National Library Martynas Mažvydas) discussed the standardization of information and documentation terms, and her colleague Violeta Černiauskaitė – the peculiarities of natural and artificial language standardization in librarianship terminology. The presentation of Palmira Zemlevičiūtė, Head of the LKI Terminology Centre, was devoted to the history of terminology – she examined the names of human genitals used in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Due to the absence of some speakers, it was possible to stop dividing the work into sections and to continue listening to the presentations together. Professor Siergiejus Grinevas-Griniewiczius of Suvalkai State Higher Vocational School (Poland) read a report on terminology statu nascendi – the formation of early terminology 284 Regina Kvašytė Conference Scientific, administrative and educational terminologijos lygmenys peculiarities of legal terminology (co-author Elvira Sorokina from Russia, Moscow State University). Konstantin Averbukh from Moscow State Bauman Technical University (Russia) made a presentation on professional identity in terms of terminology. Ricardo Eito-Bruna from the University of Carlos III of Madrid (Spain) looked at terminology as the basis of engineering, while Nino Skhirtladze from the A. Chikoba Linguistics Institute of the Tbilisi State University (Georgia) looked at dialectal and taxonic lexicon as the source of modern Georgian terminology. The closing session of the conference was devoted to Lithuanian terminology issues and all of them were read by LKI researchers. Asta Mitkevičienė discussed terms with alternative conjunctions, Aušra Rimkutė-Ganusauskienė – modern names of footwear, Dalia Sviderskienė – the usage of the term žemėvardis, and Lina Rutkienė – the creation and development of hybrid stitches in construction terminology. In the end, we would like to express our satisfaction that the conference participants were given an excursion to the Lithuanian Studies Center, as well as the opportunity to talk in an informal environment and take a look around Vilnius. Such activities always add value to scientific events: they spread information about the country, encourage closer communication, which often leads to cooperation, and develop mutual relations. Thank you to the organizers (LKI Terminology Centre), sponsors (Lithuanian Science Council) and partners (Go Vilnius) for this year’s terminology festival. Retrieved 2019-11-25 Regina Kvašytė University of Southampton P. Višinskio g. 38, LT-76352 Šiauliai Institute of Latvian Language of the University of Latvia Akadēmijas laukums 1, Riga LV-1050, Latvia E-mail regina.kv[email protected]