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Recent Lithuanian Terminology Dictionaries JOLANTA GAIVENYTĖ-BUTLER, ADELĖ NOREIKAITĖ Institute of the Lithuanian Language 2005 English–Lithuanian Dictionary of Medical Abbreviations / compiled by Danutė Ramanauskienė; Vilnius University. – Vilnius: Vilnius University Press, 2005. – 310, [1] pp. This is the first dictionary of its kind in Lithuanian. It contains more than 18,000 medical abbreviations. Most of the dictionary consists of abbreviations for terms in cardiology, anatomy, pharmacology and dentistry, names of international medical organizations, and job titles and specializations. The publication will be useful not only to students but also to everyone interested in medicine, reading medical literature, or attending international events. The dictionary is arranged alphabetically. Explanations and Lithuanian translations are provided alongside the abbreviations. English–Lithuanian Dictionary of Special Education = English–Lithuanian dictionary of special education / Šiauliai University, Scientific Centre for Special Education; [compiled and edited by Juozas Petruševičius; contributors D. Alifanovienė, A. Ališauskas, L. Bobrova, A. Garšvienė, V. Gudonis, R. Ivoškuvienė, A. Juodraitis, I. Kaffemanienė, D. Mockevičienė, J. Petruševičius, Vl. Vaitkevičius]. – 2nd revised and expanded ed. – Šiauliai: Šiauliai University Press, 2005. – 484, [1] pp. The second edition of the dictionary presents and explains about 5,090 English words, terms and phrases. All the topics included in the first edition (2002)—adapted physical education, physiotherapy, speech therapy, medicine, psychopedagogy, social work and education, audiology and typhlology—have been expanded and reviewed: translations, definitions and explanations of some terms have been refined and corrected, and the most necessary terms from play therapy, psychology and other fields have been added. The publication is intended for educators, social Terminologija | 2006 | 13 239 for employees, students, and medical professionals working in schools. Lithuanian terms are unaccented. The arrangement is alphabetical. At the end of the dictionary are indexes of English abbreviations and Lithuanian terms. English–Lithuanian Dictionary of Tourism and Hospitality = [English–Lithuanian Dictionary of Tourism and Hospitality] / Živilė Mitrikienė; Vilniaus kolegija. – Vilnius: Vilniaus kolegija, 2005. – 279, [5] p. This bilingual explanatory dictionary is intended for employees in the tourism and services sectors, as well as students and teachers in tourism, hotel administration, and catering management programs, and everyone interested in tourism and travel. Arranged alphabetically, the dictionary presents English terms and phrases related to travel, tourism, transport, leisure, entertainment services, hotels, accommodation, and catering, together with their Lithuanian equivalents. Each English term is accompanied by an explanation in English. Lithuanian terms are unaccented. There is no index of Lithuanian terms. Office software glossary: a glossary of the most commonly used terms in Microsoft Office programs, in English and Lithuanian / Valerijonas Žalkauskas. – Vilnius: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos institutas, 2005. –89, [1] p. + 1 electronic optical disk (CD-ROM). This glossary contains 1,790 terms from the main programs in the Microsoft Office suite. Most were collected from the word processor MS Word; it also includes terms most commonly used in MS Excel, PowerPoint, MS Access, and MS Outlook. The arrangement is alphabetical and nested. Brief explanations are provided in parentheses after some terms. Lithuanian terms are accented. A Lithuanian–English term index is included at the end of the glossary. The glossary is endorsed by the State Commission of the Lithuanian Language: “has no objections.” Dictionary of Economic Terms: approximately 1,400 terms / Rūta Vainienė. – Vilnius: Tyto alba, 2005. – 326, [2] p. This explanatory bilingual dictionary presents terms from economic theory and business practice and introduces schools of economics, prominent economists, and their works. As the author notes in the preface, the dictionary was prepared “in the spirit of a market economy; it contains less mathematics and offers more explanation of terms interpreted differently by economists.” The publication is intended not only for economists, but also for school pupils, students, journalists writing about economics, company employees, translators, and everyone 240 Jolanta Gaivenytė-Butler ir kt. | Naujausi lietuviški terminų žodynai interested in economics. The arrangement is alphabetical. Alongside each Lithuanian term are its English equivalent, definition, and explanation. Corrections are provided for nonstandard terms. Lithuanian terms are accented. At the end is an alphabetical English–Lithuanian term index, lists of abbreviations for international trade terms and their explanations, Nobel Prize laureates in economics, and currency names and their codes. Encyclopedic Dictionary of Computing / Valentina Dagienė, Gintautas Grigas, Tatjana Jevsikova; Institute of Mathematics and Informatics. – Vilnius: TEV, 2005. – 388 p. This dictionary provides definitions of terms and more detailed explanations, as well as illustrations and examples. English equivalents are given after each term’s explanation. Cross-references to synonyms and subordinate terms are included. The dictionary is intended for software developers and localizers translating programs into Lithuanian. The arrangement is alphabetical. An alphabetical English–Lithuanian term index is included at the end. Lithuanian terms are accented. The dictionary is endorsed by the State Commission of the Lithuanian Language: “has no objections.” An online version of the dictionary is available at www.likit.lt. Etikos žodynas / Vincentas Žemaitis. – Vilnius: Rosma, 2005. – 352 p. A dictionary of ethics of this kind was published in Lithuanian for the first time. It contains more than 550 terms relating not only to ethics but also to psychology and other fields close to ethics. Articles discussing ethical categories and concepts first indicate a term’s origin, provide a brief definition, and identify related concepts, synonyms, and antonyms; they then explain the meaning of the term in greater detail. Another 250 articles are devoted to philosophers and psychologists who investigated theoretical problems in ethics, and to certain public figures and writers who originally considered and examined moral questions in their work. These articles include biographical information, characterize the authors’ philosophical and ethical views, and identify their principal works on ethics. Bibliographies list translations of foreign authors’ works into Lithuanian and, where available, Lithuanian-language publications on the authors’ philosophical and ethical views. The dictionary is endorsed by the State Commission of the Lithuanian Language: “has no objections.” Engineers, technicians, and technologists: trilingual explanatory glossary: 627 terms / compiled by Danguolė Andriuškevičienė, Algirdas Tamulevičius, Terminologija | 2006 | 13 241 Vytautas Valiukėnas; Lithuanian Labour Market Training Authority. – Vilnius: Lithuanian Labour Market Training Authority, 2005. – 206 p. This translation-based explanatory glossary lists the names and definitions of specialities for engineers, technicians and technologists in various fields, together with their English and French equivalents. The publication is intended for the Lithuanian Labour Market Training Authority, which maintains the Lithuanian Classification of Occupations and translates European Union legislation and other European Union documents into Lithuanian. It will also be useful to managers of Lithuanian institutions, companies and offices who compile lists of positions, as well as to other users. Its structure is alphabetical and nested. Lithuanian terms are marked for stress. At the end of the glossary are alphabetical indexes of English–Lithuanian and French–Lithuanian terms. The dictionary has been approved by the State Commission of the Lithuanian Language, which has stated: “The State Commission of the Lithuanian Language has no objection.” Polish–Lithuanian glossary of biological terms: for gymnasiums / Marytė Misiukonienė. – Puńsk: Aušra, 2005. – 296 p. This translation-based explanatory biology glossary, from the “School Glossary Series,” is intended for gymnasium students and teachers in Poland; it should help them better understand biological laws and use Lithuanian terms. The Lithuanian equivalent and a brief explanation are given alongside each Polish term. The etymology of many terms is indicated. Synonyms are provided. The names of the most commonly encountered animals and plants are given in three languages—Polish, Lithuanian and Latin. Its structure is alphabetical. Lithuanian terms are marked for stress. At the end is an alphabetical index of Lithuanian–Polish terms, as well as diagrams of human organ systems and tables of endocrine glands and the hormones they produce, vitamins and minerals. Lithuanian–French military dictionary: experimental publication / Milda Pukienė; General Jonas Žemaitis Military Academy of Lithuania. – Vilnius: General Jonas Žemaitis Military Academy of Lithuania, 2005. – 121, [1] p. The dictionary, comprising approximately 7,000 terms and phrases, is intended for cadets of the Military Academy of Lithuania and students in its part-time division, university students taking reserve officers’ courses, young riflemen, and military personnel intending to participate in international missions. This dictionary is a component of the Lithuanian–French and French–Lithuanian military dictionary, which is still being prepared. Its structure is alphabetical and nested. Lithuanian terms and words are not marked for stress. The dictionary was compiled in accordance with the general lexicographic principles of bilingual dictionaries. 242 Jolanta Gaivenytė-Butler ir kt. | Naujausi lietuviški terminų žodynai A French–Lithuanian learner’s business dictionary = Dictionnaire d'apprentissage franco-lituanien des affaires / R. E. Katalynaitė, L. Dubik altytė-Raugalienė; Vilnius Gediminas Technical University. – Vilnius: Technika, 2005. – 118, [1] p. This translation-based dictionary is intended for students of business, institutional and transport management, and for anyone interested in business, banking and economics. It presents the most important business terms, taking into account how frequently they occur in French-language pedagogical and scholarly literature in this field. Lithuanian terms and words are not marked for stress. The dictionary was compiled in accordance with the general lexicographic principles of bilingual dictionaries. Learner’s terminology glossary / Regina Kvašytė. – Šiauliai: Public Institution Šiauliai University Press, 2005. – 90 p. This translation-based explanatory glossary was prepared as a learner’s terminology publication for full-time and part-time students of various specialities at higher education institutions (especially master’s students). The English, Russian and Latvian equivalents are given alongside each Lithuanian term, and the etymology of some terms is explained. Its structure is alphabetical and nested. Synonyms are provided, along with references to preferred terms and to terms in the same conceptual field. Lithuanian terms are marked for stress, and their stress patterns are indicated. At the end are indexes of English, Russian and Latvian terms and a bibliography of terminology literature. The appendices contain tables illustrating types of terms and sample pages from terminology dictionaries of various types and fields. Explanatory Dictionary of Vocational Education and Training Terms = Terminology of Vocational Education and Training = Terminologie der Berufsbildung / Rimantas Laužackas. – Kaunas: Vytautas Magnus University Press, 2005. – 64 p. This trilingual translation-based explanatory dictionary contains 260 vocational education and training terms. It is intended for vocational education and training teachers, managers and students of education. Explanations and English and German equivalents are provided for each term. Its structure is alphabetical. Lithuanian terms are not marked for stress. At the end of the dictionary is an alphabetical list of Lithuanian terms, with their English and German equivalents. Dictionary of Psychoanalysis / Stig Fhanér; translated by Loreta Vaicekauskienė. – Vilnius: Aidai, 2005. – 303, [1] p. Terminologija | 2006 | 13 243 The translated explanatory dictionary presents basic psychoanalytic terms. The dictionary is intended for psychologists and psychiatrists engaged in psychotherapy, as well as for those interested in psychoanalysis and seeking definitions of its fundamental concepts. As stated in the preface, the dictionary covers the terms in two works “widely used for the study of psychoanalysis in countries where psychoanalysis has long been applied in clinical practice” – Jean Laplanche and J. B. Pontalis’s “Vocabulaire de la psychoanalyse” and Charles Rycroft’s “A critical dictionary of psychoanalysis”. Each term is accompanied by English, French and German equivalents, a definition and a detailed explanation of the concept. Terms used in a definition that appear as headwords in the dictionary are marked with an asterisk. The entries are arranged alphabetically. At the end are a list of Sigmund Freud’s works and English–Lithuanian and German–Lithuanian indexes of terms. Lithuanian terms are not stress-marked. Dictionary of modern computer programs and networks = Dictionary of modern computer programs and networks = Dictionnaire des programmes modernes d’ordinateurs et des réseaux: in English–Lithuanian–French / Valerijonas Žalkauskas. – Vilnius: Institute of Science and Encyclopaedia Publishing, 2005. – 441, [1] p. This translated dictionary contains more than 5,000 terms for graphical user interfaces and computer networks, as well as basic dialogue phrases, taken mainly from the “Microsoft Windows” operating system and the “Microsoft Office” application suite. It is arranged alphabetically in a nested structure. Lithuanian terms are stress-marked. At the end are alphabetically arranged nested indexes of Lithuanian–English and French–Lithuanian terms. The dictionary’s approval statement reads: “The State Commission of the Lithuanian Language has no objection”. A short English–Lithuanian, Lithuanian–English glossary of environmental protection / Zita Kasperiūnienė; Panevėžys College. – Panevėžys [i.e. Vilnius]: Biznio mašinų kompanija, 2005. – 83 p. This bilingual glossary is intended for students of environmental protection at universities and colleges, and for ecology specialists. It presents the most important and most frequently used environmental protection terms. It is arranged alphabetically in a nested structure. There are inaccuracies in both the English and Lithuanian sections. Lithuanian terms are not stress-marked. 244 Jolanta Gaivenytė-Butler ir kt. | Naujausi lietuviški terminų žodynai German–Lithuanian dictionary for lawyers = Deutsch–litauisches Wörterbuch für Juristen / Yvonne Goldammer, Sigitas Plausinaitis. – Vilnius: TEV, 2005. – 170, [11] p. The dictionary is based on words used in the German legal system. This publication is intended for those translating legal texts from German, those interested in the specific features of the German and Lithuanian legal systems, those wishing to read German legal literature, and lawyers teaching German. The dictionary includes not only legal terms, but also economic terms and words used in European Union documents and institutions, which may belong to both legal and political language. It is arranged alphabetically. Lithuanian terms are stress-marked. At the end is an alphabetical list of abbreviations for frequently encountered legal publications and organizations, as well as a list of Latin words and expressions commonly used in German legal texts. Dictionary of fish names = Vocabularium nominum piscium = Dictionary of fishes names = Словарь названий рыб / Vilnius University Institute of Ecology; compiled by Juozas Virbickas. – Vilnius: Vilnius University Institute of Ecology Press, 2005. – 631, [1] p. The dictionary provides nearly 10,000 names of the world’s jawless fishes and fishes in Latin, Lithuanian, English and Russian. They are arranged taxonomically. Classes, orders and families are listed according to systematic classification; genera, species and subspecies are arranged alphabetically. A brief note on the ranges, body measurements and other characteristic features of the fishes or jawless fishes is provided for each family. The dictionary is intended for biologists, editors, translators and fisheries specialists. Lithuanian names are stress-marked. Indexes of Latin, Lithuanian, English and Russian names are included at the end. The dictionary’s approval statement reads: “The State Commission of the Lithuanian Language has no objection”. Compiled by Jolanta Gaivenytė-Butler and Adelė Noreikaitė Jolanta Gaivenytė-Butler Lithuanian Language Institute P. Vileišio g. 5, LT-10308 Vilnius Email: [email protected] Adelė Noreikaitė Lithuanian Language Institute P. Vileišio g. 5, LT-10308 Vilnius Email: [email protected] Terminologija | 2006 | 13 245