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Recent Lithuanian Terminology Dictionaries

JOLANTA GAIVENYTĖ-BUTLER

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Anatomical nomenclature [electronic resource] / Lithuanian University of Health Sciences. Medical Academy; Rimvydas Stropus, Neringa Paužienė, Dainius H. Pauža, Janina Tutkuvienė, Eglė M. Jakimavičienė, Palmira Zemlevičiūtė. – Kaunas: Publishing House of the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, 2020. – 1 PDF file (IX, 299 p.). – ISBN 978-9955-15-639-0.

The nomenclature presents 7,674 Latin anatomical terms and their English and Lithuanian equivalents, prepared according to the first edition of the international nomenclature approved in 1998, Terminologia anatomica. The publication was prepared by a group of anatomy specialists from the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences and the Faculty of Medicine of Vilnius University. The preface to the nomenclature briefly reviews earlier publications containing Lithuanian anatomical terminology. Terms in general anatomy and terms naming the body systems, organs and structures of body cavities are divided into sixteen chapters. The terms are presented in tables: the first column gives the numbers from the international anatomical nomenclature, the second the Latin terms, the third the English terms, and the fourth the Lithuanian terms. Synonyms of Lithuanian terms are included. Lithuanian terms are marked for stress. The nomenclature has been approved: “The State Commission of the Lithuanian Language has no objections.”

Small glossary of technical terms for English-Polish-Spanish-Lithuanian languages / [redaktorės] Dorota Gawryluk, Jurga Kučinskienė. – Klaipėda, 2020. – 163, [1] p. – Tiražas 150 egz. – ISBN 978-609-454-467-5.

Small glossary of technical terms for English-Polish-Spanish-Lithuanian languages [elektroninis išteklius] / [redaktorės] Dorota Gawryluk, Jurga Kučinskienė. – Klaipėda, 2020. – 163, [1] p. – ISBN 978-609-454-466-8.

The translation glossary is part of the Erasmus+ strategic partnership project GLOCAL – innovative training of future engineers responding to problems of contemporary cities (2019-1-PL01-KA203-065654), in which Białystok University of Technology (Politechnika Białostocka), the Polytechnic University of Madrid (Universidad

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employees of the Polytechnic University of Madrid and Klaipėda State College, as a result. Two versions of the glossary have been published—a printed version and an electronic version freely available online. The publication is intended for engineers, architects, surveyors, and landscape specialists. The glossary contains terms from architecture, urban planning, landscape architecture, construction, and environmental engineering, collected from legal acts and methodological literature. It is arranged alphabetically. Alongside the English terms, their Polish, Spanish, and Lithuanian equivalents are given. At the end are Polish–English, Spanish–English, and Lithuanian–English glossaries.

Key anatomical concepts in Lithuanian and Latin: teaching aid / Lithuanian Sports University; Pavelas Zachovajevas. – Kaunas: Lithuanian Sports University, 2020. – 111, [1] p. – Print run: 200 copies. – ISBN 978–609–8200–33–1.

This bilingual glossary is intended for students of the Lithuanian Sports University studying degree programmes in physiotherapy, coaching systems, physical education, physical activity, and health promotion, as well as medical students at other universities. The publication comprises nine chapters. The first chapter presents the most commonly used general anatomical terms; the other chapters correspond to the thematic plan of the anatomy module. A list of abbreviations of Latin terms is included at the end.

Trumpas rasizmo sąvokų paaiškinimas. – Vilnius: Šiuolaikinio meno centras, 2020. – 36 p. – ISBN 978–9986–957–84–3.

This publication is the printed version of the online publication Racism. Concepts and Explanations. The publication, prepared by an independent initiative, explains attitudes, phenomena, expressions, and terms associated with manifestations of racism. The online publication notes that “the following contributed to collecting, translating, and expanding the concepts: Simona Balkauskaitė, Monika Janulevičiūtė, Paulius Kaliačius, Monika Kalinauskaitė, Ulijona Odišarija, Gerda Paliušytė, Karina Simonson, Anastasia Sosunova, and others.”

2021

Explanatory Dictionary of Geography = Dictionary of geography = Толковый словарь по географии = Wörterbuch der Geographie / Paulius Kavaliauskas, Dovilė Krupickaitė, Giedrė Becony­tė, Donatas Burneika, Algimantas Česnulevičius, Vidmantas Daugirdas, Marytė Dumbliauskienė, Margarita Jankauskaitė, Darius Jarmalavičius [i.e. Jarmalavičius], Edis Kriaučiūnas, Jurgita Mačiulytė, Albinas Pilipaitis, Donatas Pupienis, Egidijus Rimkus, Gintaras Stankūnavičius, Rasa Šimanauskienė, Rolandas Tučas, Gintaras Valiuškevičius, Darijus Veteikis,

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Jonas Volungevičius. – Vilnius: Vilniaus universiteto leidykla, 2021. – 573, [2] p. – Tiražas 500 egz. – ISBN 978-609-07-0656-5. Aiškinamasis geografijos terminų žodynas = Dictionary of geography = Толковый словарь по географии = Wörterbuch der Geographie [elektroninis išteklius] / Paulius Kavaliauskas, Dovilė Krupickaitė, Giedrė Beconytė, Donatas Burneika, Algimantas Česnulevičius, Vidmantas Daugirdas, Marytė Dumbliauskienė, Margarita Jankauskaitė, Darius Jarmalavičius [i.e. Jarmalavičius], Edis Kriaučiūnas, Jurgita Mačiulytė, Albinas Pilipaitis, Donatas Pupienis, Egidijus Rimkus, Gintaras Stankūnavičius, Rasa Šimanauskienė, Rolandas Tučas, Gintaras Valiuškevičius, Darius Veteikis, Jonas Volungevičius. – Vilnius: Vilniaus universiteto leidykla, 2021. – 1 pdf failas. – ISBN 978-609-07-0657-2.

This bilingual explanatory dictionary, prepared by members of the Lithuanian Geographers’ Association, contains 3,405 of the most commonly used and important geographical terms. It is the first systematic dictionary of terminology to cover a range of geographical fields. The preface briefly reviews previously published geographical dictionaries and other publications containing geographical terms. The dictionary is intended for specialists in the geographical study of nature and society, land management, and environmental protection; spatial planners; students; teachers; pupils; creators of geography teaching materials; and anyone interested in the science of geography. The terms are divided into five main subject areas (general geography, physical geography, human geography, landscape geography and land management, and cartography and geoinformatics), which are further subdivided into narrower topics. It is arranged alphabetically in nested entries. Alongside the numbered Lithuanian terms are definitions and, where available, synonyms, as well as the English, Russian, and German equivalents of the Lithuanian terms. Non-standard terms are identified. At the end are alphabetical indexes of the English, Russian, and German terms; diagrams showing the internal structure and external relations of the system of geographical sciences; and a diagram of the links between geographical knowledge and land management. The number of terms contributed by each dictionary author is indicated. Lithuanian terms are marked for stress. The dictionary has been approved by the State Commission of the Lithuanian Language: “The State Commission of the Lithuanian Language has no objection.”

Lithuanian-English Dictionary of Library and Information Science and Book Studies (BIK) = Lithuanian-English dictionary of librarianship, information and book science (LIBS): 10,000 Lithuanian terms with English equivalents and an English-Lithuanian index / Nijolė BlიუჄdžiuvienė, Vytautas Jonas Valiukenas. – Vilnius: Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania, 2021. – 1 PDF file (548 p.). – The book also includes: Preface / Violeta Černiauskaitė, pp. VII–IX. – ISBN 978-609-405-220-0.

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The terms in the translation dictionary were selected from the terminology database held at the Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania. The publication is intended primarily for library staff, as well as those working in institutions of scientific information, documentary communication, heritage and memory. The dictionary’s preface briefly reviews earlier publications presenting Lithuanian terminology in this field. The publication consists of two parts: an alphabetically arranged, nested Lithuanian–English terminology dictionary and an alphabetical English–Lithuanian terminology index. Stress marks are provided for Lithuanian terms. The dictionary has been approved by the State Commission of the Lithuanian Language: “The State Commission of the Lithuanian Language has no objections.”

Received 2022-11-08

Jolanta Gaivenytė-Butler

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