Tarptautinis seminaras „Estijos, Latvijos ir Lietuvos terminologijos problemos ir uždaviniai Europos Sąjungoje“

INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR PROBLEMS AND TASKS OF ESTONIAN, LATVIAN AND LITHUANIAN TERMINOLOGY IN THE EUROPEAN UNION On 5-6 October 2016, the Institute of Lithuanian Language hosted an international seminar organized by the Terminology Centre on the topic Problems and challenges of Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian terminology in the European Union. Guests were received not only from the Baltic countries, but also from Austria, Hungary and Russia. There was no shortage of reports from important Lithuanian institutions — the State Lithuanian Language Commission, the Lithuanian Standardization Department, the Institute of Mathematics and Informatics. After welcoming address by the Director of the Lithuanian Language Institute Jolanta Zabarskaitė, the seminar was opened by the Director of the International Terminology Information Centre (INFOTERM) Christianas Galinskis on the topic of UNESCO guidelines for terminology policies, more precisely, on language affected by globalization, the development and implementation of various terminology policies, terminology planning at national, regional or local level in intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, large institutions and organizations (including international companies). On behalf of Valentina Skujina, Head of the Department of Terminology of the Latvian Language Institute, Ilze Ilzina, a researcher from Riga, presented some of the theses of the presentation on the situation and prospects of terminology in Latvia. Hite Tamm, a terminologist at the Estonian Legal Language Centre, discussed the organization of translation-oriented terminology work in Tallinn, Luxembourg and Brussels after accession to the EU. In the words of Pranseseja, the founders of the Estonian Legal Translation Centre understood very well the importance of terminology work for translation after Estonia joined the EU 1, so a lot was done from the very beginning. After some consideration, it was concluded that, regardless of whether the EU will support the terminology work of the new member states or not, the responsibility for it lies primarily with the country where the terminology is used. Hungarian scholar János Pusztayus (Berzsenyi Daniel College) discussed the development of Hungarian terminology — a rather spontaneous and mainly the result of daily work of translators — in his presentation Terminology development in Central Europe in the light of EU terminology. This requires a comprehensive and well-considered language policy, as well as the establishment of appropriate institutions. In many EU countries, institutions for the development and research of terminology already exist, while in Hungary this has yet to be done. 186 Russian linguists Vladimir Leichik (Pushkin State Institute of Russian Language) and Sergei Shelov (Committee on Scientific Terminology, Russian Foundation for Humanitarian Science) will present on the topic of Russian terminology: status and prospects. In their country, according to S. Shelov, terminology entered the new century with renewal and optimism. Considering its further development in the coming decades, it is to be expected that Russian terminologists will strengthen their ties with foreign colleagues and especially with colleagues from Central and Northern European countries. As a scientific discipline, terminology in Russia should in the future move from the description of facts to their interpretation, the formulation of general laws of term formation and functioning, the provision of scientifically based decisions and recommendations for practical activities. In her presentation “Terminology work in the Lithuanian Language Institute”, the head of the Terminology Centre, Albina Auksoriūte, discussed the areas of activity of the centre, and spoke about the practical terminology workload that falls on the employees. The Lithuanian scientific publication Terminology, in whose articles the theory and practice of this science are reflected, was mentioned. In 2002, a computerized database Synonymy of Lithuanian Terms was created, and six months later — Lithuanian equivalents of international terms. The latter is supported by the Lithuanian State Language Commission. The head spoke about the electronic term bank started by the initiative of the terminologists, which was expanded by the Laboratory of Automation of Scientific Research of the Institute of Mathematics and Informatics. Snieguolė Meškauskienė, MII representative, presented the electronic terminology in more detail. About the necessity of a terminology base for the Lithuan language was spoken already in 1988 by the then director of the Lithuanian Language Institute Aleksandras Vanagas. According to the rapporteur, the term base is loaded with data from the best prepared dictionaries of terms in various fields and for the last five years we have already had data in electronic form. Representatives of the Latvian Translation and Terminology Centre Maris Baltinš, IIze Dika, Inese Treimane read papers, discussed and evaluated the “challenges after May 1st” of the Translation and Terminology Centre (TTC). My Latvian colleagues said that the biggest problem at the moment is the terms used in the translation of EU legislation — how to ensure that those terms are appropriate for the consumer in their own country. There are concerns about legal terminology, which is influenced by the EU terminology system and understanding. This new situation highlights the problems and brings to light the errors, 187 Representative of the Lithuanian Department of Standardization Nijolė Dudlauskicnė in the presentation “Standardization of Lithuanian technical terms” discussed the department- ’s activities in creating technical terms, considered how to find ways to standardize and standardize the necessary terms and promote them to the public. Lithuanian terminologists should be given the opportunity to participate in international terminology activities and to represent Lithuania’s interests. According to the speaker, consistent creation, improvement and use of Lithuanian technical terms both in legislation must be ensured. both Lithuanian standards and other documents in preparation. The post Lithuanian Terms Bank — a new tool for terminology management read Representative of the State Lithuanian Language Commission Audra Ivanauskienė. When Lithuania ES became a ir member of the European Union, it became important to create a freely and quickly accessible resource for translations of various documents. Therefore, in the end of 2003, the Law on the Term Bank of LR was adopted. This bank will be freely available to specialists and language users. The term bank, according to the rapporteur, should encourage the public to submit more actively proposals or participate in discussions on new and already used terms. The second day of the seminar was devoted to terminology lectures. Christianas Galinski in his lecture Terminology standardization presented schemes and indicated the types of terminology standards: systematic terminology dictionaries, monolingual and multilingual, technical terminology dictionaries, nomenclatures, graphic symbols, drawings, formulas, etc. lize Ilzina spoke about the flow of terms from the EU to English, for example, about the term euro, the meaning of which (Latvian form eirs or eiro) conjugation are objectives. I. Ilzina mentioned that when people are informed about new terms, they are published in the press, on television, etc., and discussed at various meetings, the new terms are approved or rejected. It takes a lot of time, because opinions are different, sometimes contradictory. The lecture Terms, terminology and definitions of terms (Seven steps to terminology theory) was given by Sergejus Šelovas. The main issues reviewed: what types of definitions of terms are used, whether the definition of a word (or a combination of words) is always necessary, what is the semantic and conceptual structure of terminology and how they differ, what are the peculiarities of the conceptual structure of terminology, etc. 188 The Latvian representative Dana Reizniece and co-authors Janis Silis (Ventspils University of Applied Sciences), Ilze Ilzina and Juris Borzovs (Riga Institute of Information Technology) in their presentation Using or Not Using Metaphors in Latvian Information and Communication Technology Terminology stated: Metaphorical term — a terminological phenomenon that will certainly become even more frequent and important in English. Metaphors are abundant in Internet terminology. The travel theme stands out here, e.g.: highway; informacijos kanalas“, map „žemclapis; planas: schema” and others. It is very important to establish a clear framework to help manage metaphorical English terms coming into Latvian and take only the best. At the end, Stasys Keinys, a researcher of the Lithuanian Language Institute, reviewed the development, state and role of Lithuanian terminology in the first century of the third millennium: during the 20th century, the place and role of terminology in the language system, usage, social life changed, the volume of terminology increased, people’s education changed, which led to greater knowledge of terms and their use in everyday speech. Summarizing the seminar, the terminologist emphasized the need to make efforts and hope that Lithuanian terminology will be protected and cherished, the Lithuanian spirit will be preserved. Solvita LABANAUSKIENĖ Received 2004-11-01 Lithuanian Language Institute P. Vileišio g. 5, LT-10308 Vilnius E-mail [email protected] 189