Stasiui Keiniui atminti

243Terminology | 2024 | 31 doi.org/10.35321/term31-13 In memory of Stasys Kane I wasn’t there yet, – Oil blossomed – – I will not be there anymore, – She'll be dead. – And their leaves fall From the sun and the wind – Like handfuls of sand – On my heart – – S. Nēris. Oil. (1936. III) How inexorably fast time passes… It seems that only yesterday we have lapped with Him, talked with Him, seen Him walking in a slow pace, wearing a national ribbon. And today we must say a sad god bless His body and pay homage to His unmarried soul. It is hard to believe that He is no longer with us and that we are already using past tense verbs – worked, wrote, taught, lived… because His “death is still alive”. On that quiet evening of March, we came carrying white chrysanthemums to say goodbye to the Master, who passed away to Eternity on March 15, 2024. Warm, simple, everyday, and at the same time infinitely symbolic picture. Photo by Leonas Vasauskas (2001) from St. Kane's personal archive 244 In memory of Stasys Keinis Palmira Zemlevičiūtė Stasys Keinys was born on September 20, 1936 in the village of Pakalupis in Viekšniai village of Mažeikiai district. After graduating from Viekšniai secondary school in 1954, he entered the Faculty of History and Philology of Vilnius State University (hereinafter – VU) to study Lithuanian language and literature. After completing his studies in 1959, Jono Kruopos was appointed to the Institute of Lithuanian Language and Literature (hereinafter referred to as the Institute) “in search of the bread of a terminologist” (Keinys 2004: 34). He later testified about these terms in the following words: “And the writer of these lines, who had just finished his studies at Vilnius University, J. Kruopas had taken him to the Lithuanian Language and Literature Institute to work on terminology. This decision proved to be fatal, because after a few years, the unforgettable supervisor V. Urbutis, who had joined the Vilnius University postgraduate program, proposed the topic of the dissertation from terminology, and after several years, again invited by J. Kruop, he had to return to the Institute of Lithuanian Language and Literature for a long time to work on lexicography and terminology, and after J. Kruop’s death, he continued to work on some of his works.” (Keinys 1998: 11–12). From 1966 to 1975 he worked at the Western Faculty of the University of Kaunas, earning the title of associate professor. In 1974, invited by the ghost of J. Kruopa, he returned to the Institute with everything, but did not give up pedagogical work – he lectured at the Šiauliai Pedagogical Institute, Vytautas the Great University, Vilnius Pedagogical University. In addition to scientific, pedagogical and organizational work. From 1976 to 1992 he was the Vice-Chairman of the Presidium of the Council of Terminology of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, from 1987 to 1989 he headed the Department of Contemporary Lithuanian Literary Language of the Institute, and from 1989 to 1991 he headed the Department of Language Culture and Terminology. St. Cain's five decades of scientific work were extremely fruitful. He has published several books (individually or with co-authors) and the first terminology textbook Terminologijos abėcėlė (1980), since 1966 he has written over 400 articles in scientific and general periodicals, over 100 reviews, reviews and other publications. Many, in His words, works, crafts and thoughts were gathered in two books of terminology works: Current Lithuanian Terminology (2005) and Development of Lithuanian Terminology (2012). He also launched the first current international journal of terminology science, Terminologija – he was its initiator (the journal was named Terminologijos vagos, 1994) and the editor of the first book, inviting “[s]ugrūd[us] shoulders, to rise to the march for a beautiful, clear and accurate, correct 245Terminologija | 2024 | 31 giją“ (Terminology | 2024 | 31th thread) and urging ir grakščią lietuvių mokslo kalbą, už pavyzdingą ir lietuvišką terminoloeveryone, “who needs, who cares, who values the terms of the Lithuanian scientific language and its core” (Keinys 1994: 7), to translate the lines of terminology, and himself without rest translated them – deep, fruitful… Agnė also worked on the dictionaries of terms – prepared or helped prepare them, compiled, reviewed, corrected and edited, standardized, spelled and refined their terms and proposed new ones, his own, in accordance with the spirit of the native language. He suffered from the diseases of the termology in all areas and treated them as best he could. It is also used in railway terminology. This journey of creating and standardizing railway terms began in the Railway Department in 1991, although the first “meeting” with the railway took place in early youth. “My father worked on the railways and when I finished high school, he even wanted me to become a railroad worker,” said St. Caine. He said that when he got on the train, he fully trusted the railwaymen (Usonienė 1988: 3). And they certainly trusted Him in the matter of languages. The brake, the stick, the path – these are all His terms. And where are the hundreds of terms that He has created according to the Lithuanian word formation methods! In 2000, St. Keinys was awarded the Order of the Honourable Railwayman by the Order of the Minister of Transport of the Republic of Lithuania for his long-term and fruitful work in the standardization of Lithuanian railway terms. Thus, the work of the Father of bright memory, who worked for a long time,,at the railway”, was meaningfully extended and immortalized. St. Keinis’s outstanding contribution to Lithuanian lexicography is his monumental work, the Contemporary Lithuanian Language Dictionary (hereinafter referred to as the Dictionary) – the first single-volume standard dictionary of common language published in Independent Lithuania (Keinys 1993: 9). He was the chief editor of the third (1993), fourth (2000, electronic 2002), fifth (2003, electronic), sixth (2006, electronic), seventh (2012) and eighth (2021) revised and supplemented editions, striving for the Dictionary not to promote word trends, but to guarantee the strength and permanence of usage. No one reads a dictionary like a novel. But St. Caine did! After editing it, he read it from A to the last letter, and more than once (Keinys 1993: 9). In 2002, the fourth edition of the Dictionary was released on CD, and in 2003 it was made available on the Internet. It's all His care. The hard work of the hard-working Editor was highly appreciated – in 2002 he was awarded the Language Prize in memory of Felicija Bortkevičienė for the computer version of the Dictionary, and at the Infobalt 2004 exhibition the Dictionary was chosen as the best Lithuanian lexicographic publication. 246 In memory of Stasys Keinis Palmira Zemlevičiūtė The activities of St. Keinis are extremely broad and branched. It is hardly possible to describe it in this article. He was an editor of dictionaries and books; member of editorial boards; compiler, editor, language assistant of dictionaries, thesis statements, collections of scientific papers, bibliographical indexes, collections of articles; supervisor of dissertations, opponent, member of doctoral committees (defence councils); director of more than sixty diploma, bachelor and master thesis. Who will count all His life’s work for the sake of Lithuanian language and terminology, written in black letters on white sheets of paper?!... In 2006, the St. Caine Bibliography Index was published, which contains nearly 700 items. However, even after its appearance, He did not stop writing… As if that ant was rotting, knowing no rest… The writers of these lines, the laboratory worker of the Department of Terminology at that time, have had to collect His handwritten articles on several occasions, at the beginning still with a typewriter. That tiny handwriting, which was not always easy to read and which I couldn’t confuse with any other, was deeply imprinted in my memory. He would bring a pile of small pieces of paper (it is not known how many of them he had!). And now the words of the song, harmoniously arranged in those leaves. It seemed that He had smoothed each of them, as the water of a river smooths the pebbles over time, and they lay in sentences on those tiny pieces of paper like smooth grooves from under the hood. He liked to add rare Lithuanian words to the soil of his articles like grain. He admired them. Here is a string of such words: pakušinti, pagvildyti, agnus, prabildyti, išprūsis, žąlantis, vingurti... often the dictionary was used to try to find the meaning of some of them. He once said that he dreamed of studying journalism. So it is not surprising that this journalistic thread is present in many of his articles: “Oh, how often we lack that spirit [of our grandparents – P. Z.], such devotion and selfless service, like reeds swinging in every wind or just a breeze and scattered in the wake of the raging storms of globalization!”, “Time flies without stopping. Or perhaps he stands, only we, passers-by of this earth, without feeling it, run to the kingdom of dust”, “This is how he [Kazimieras Gaivenis – P. Z.] looked at that time, in the autumn of his youth that summoned us to Vilnius, and this is how he remained”, “Then you can feel that meaningful autumn days are no worse than the spring of grassy meadows, than the hot summer that smells of life”, “<...> and he himself [Kazimieras Eigminas – P. Z.] sprinkled many with the refreshing races of culture, love for the homeland and the native country, rich mother tongue”, “Today perhaps she does not even realize what the heart of a noble Lithuanian bursts when she looks at the mists above Aistmarių, when she hears the sound of the beautiful Romintė forest, as if the ghosts of the former exterminated Lithuanians and their Prussian brothers had sung the songs of their life”. 247Terminology | 2024 | 31 How do I remember Him? He spent his summers not overseas, but in his beloved homeland. He had a favorite store in Vilnius where he would go to buy fresh bread. He liked to make fun of young terminologists, and to smile when they passed by. He did not use foreign words (so fashionable today), and sometimes even tried to write an article without them. And as no one else, he faithfully guarded the Lithuanian word and the Lithuanian term. "Ferdinand de Saussure" (in French). Living between books and books. He used to say that it would be difficult to find the desired one, so many of them have been turned over, read, arranged throughout his life... It seemed like we didn’t see him pulling out chocolate candies or spring tulips on March 8th. It was good to work with Him and learn from Him, a lively, fresh and uncompromised thinker, a great language and terminology expert, and also to chat about everyday life matters. Always understanding, listening, advising, encouraging, calming. And smiling at the gray moustache. He taught me to work. To work tirelessly, with devotion, because He Himself worked with total devotion all His life. One of the most famous Lithuanian terminologists, an extremely hard-working linguist, an excellent teacher, one of the most famous Žemaites, working in language science bars, an honourable linguist, a good teacher, the father of the Journal of Terminology, a well-known linguist in the public,... “Words like bells” – this is the title of an article about Simonas Daukantas and his great Polish-Lithuanian dictionary, written by St. Keinis in 1993. This time I dare to paraphrase a little the Teacher’s words addressed to the famous Žemaites, which were also destined for Him: His words are like bells. They tell us how our language was cherished, elevated and enhanced, how a noble man from the region, a great lover of the Fatherland, took care of it. With words like bells He has taught, teaches and will teach that love. Therefore, let His words not silence the bells, strengthening pride in Lithuanian language and Lithuanian terminology. And for us, terminologists, they will never be silent. “When 49 years ago we, eighteento twenty-year-olds, gathered from all corners of Lithuania under the vaults of Vilnius University, no one would have even thought that for some of us this city was destined for a lifetime and that here we would find our eternal resting place. And surely none of us thought that several decades given to us will pass so stubbornly and there will come a day when our group will begin to thin out, when some will be 248 In memory of Stasys Keinis Palmira Zemlevičiūtė destined to stand at the grave pit of others and say the last goodbye” (Keinys 2012 [2003]: 254). Twenty and more years have passed since these words were uttered by Him on the day of Kazimieras Gaivenis’ funeral, on July 14, 2003. And soon the day came when Vilnius, the city of His youth and all His life, sheltered His own body. All that remained was a small pile of sand in the Rokantiškiai cemetery hill under broad-branched evergreen trees, a modest wooden cross and a candle flame, gracefully fluttering in the wind… He was destined to “walk the paths of this earth” for only a few months of 88 years (Keinys 2010: 237). And who can grasp, who can measure this loss, shaken to the bottom of the heart? But let us not let ourselves thunder, and let our hearts be refreshed by the hopeful, prophetic words of the Master: “The life of science and the existence and survival of science do not end with the death of man. A man, being a mari being, can be immoral in his actions” (Keinys 2003: 16). This is how He will remain in the memory and hearts of all of us – the Great and Uncompromising Linguist and Terminologist and Bright Man. Rest in Peace, Dear Teacher! Eternal Rest bestows on You the greenery of the trees! And may the Eternal Light shine on You! USE OF SOURCES AND LITTERACY The development of railway terminology: [conversation with the Lithuanian railway terminology compiler and standardizer Stasys Keinius] / V. Leščinskas. – The Railwayman, 2001, March 16–31, 6. 2006: The Terminator: Rise of the Machines. – Terminologija 13, 246–249. 2006: The Englishman, by Stephen King. – Stasys Keinys: bibliography index, compiled by Adelė Noreikaitė, Vilnius: Lithuanian Language Institute, 9–10. 1974: The 1974 FIA Formula One World Championship. – Kaunas Tiesa, September 8, 4. 1975: The First Calls. – Soviet Teacher, January 22, 2. 1992: "Railroads of the World". – The railwayman’s dictionary: (Terms), compiled by N. Juškaitė, St. Keinys, Vilnius: Lithuanian Auto Publishing Center, 6–18. Keinys Stasys 1994: Keinys Stasys 1980: Lietuvių muzikos terminologijos maestras. – Kalbos kultūra 39, 94–95. Dear Reader! – Terminology streams 1, 7. Keinys Stasys 1994: K. Gaivenis, specialist in terminology and language culture – 60 years. – Native language 2, 27–28. 1995: 2000 words. – Between books 9, 23-24. Keinys Stasys 1995: Monuments stronger than copper. The Year of the Great White Letters Anniversary. – The Native Land, March 2–8, 5. 1997: The Physics of the Earth. – Between books 5, 20-21. 1998: J. Kruopas and Lithuanian terminology. – Terminology 5, 7-20. Keinys Stasys 1999: Drinking from all sources: [to mark the 70th anniversary of the birth of the linguist and local historian K. Eigminas]. – Native Language 1, 21–23. 2000: 1st place. The activity of the field of Tin terminology and its significance. – Terminologija 6, 69–77. 2001: Terms of language science in the Lithuanian language grammar by Peter Kriaušaitis. – Terminologija 8, 50–64. 2003. "Kazimieras Gaivenis as a Man and a Scientist". – Kazimieras Gaivenis: bibliographical index, compiled by A. Noreikaitė; edited by St. Keinys, R. Mielkuvienė, Vilnius: Lietuvos kalbos instituto leidykla, 9–16. 249Terminologija | 2024 | 31 2004: The Unbroken Language. – Physical Knowledge 26, 14–15. Keinys Stasys 2004: A Pinch of Thoughts on Kazimieras Gaivenas and His Time. – History of terminology and current problems: a collection of articles: in memory of Kazimieras Gaivenas, Vilnius: Lithuanian Language Institute publishing house, 9–10. Keinys Stasys 2009: A famous terminology vagabond (on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of Kazimieras Gaivenis' birth). – Terminologija 16, 302–306. Keinys Stasys 2010: The significance of the works of Jon Kruops for our language and science. – Lexicography and lexicology 2: On the 100th anniversary of the birth of John Kruop, composed by Vilija Sakalauskienė, Albina Auksoriūtė, Vilnius: Institute of Lithuanian Language, 13–23. 2012: Preface. – Stasys Keinys. Development of Lithuanian Terminology, Vilnius: Lithuanian Language Institute, 11–13. The book we have been waiting for two decades: A. Stirblytė’s conversation with St. Kenis, editor-in-chief of the 3rd edition of the Contemporary Lithuanian Language Dictionary. – Tiesa, 1993, novkr. 18, 9. Order of the Minister of Transport of the Republic of Lithuania No. 39 of 06.09.2000 "On the awarding of the Honorary Railwayman's Mark". – The Railwayman, 2000, September 1–15, 6. Umbrasas Alvydas 2016: From words to dictionaries: Stasys Keinas – 80. – Terminologija 23, 259–266. Umbrasas Alvydas 2024a: IN MEMORIAM doc. dr. Stacy Kane. Internet access: http://lki.lt/inmemoriam-doc-dr-stasiui-keiniui/. Umbrasas Alvydas 2024b: Stasys Keinis accompanying to eternity. – Native Language 5, 27–30. Usonienė Aurika 1998: Railroaders trust linguists. – The Railroader, February 27, 3. Palmira Zemlevičiūtė