Jungtinė Lietuvių kalbos instituto ir Lietuvių terminologijos forumo konferencija

195Terminology | 2017 | 24 Jungtinė Lietuvių kalbos instituto and Lithuanian Terminology Forum Conference RITA DEDONIENĖ The European Commission Directorate General for Translation held the second joint Lieturencija in Vilnius on 1-2 June 2017. The conference scientific terminology issues of the Lithuanian Language Institute and the consisted of two parts: the first day was dedicated to the conference and Lithuanian Terminology Forum (LTF), and the second day was dedicated to more practical topics. On the first day of the conference, the Institute of Lithuanian Language (Vileišio g. 5) hosted an international scientific terminology conference “Scientific, administrative and educational terminology equivalents”, and on the second day, the annual (already seventh) LTF conference was held in the conference hall of the Seimas Palace (Gedimino pr. The conference was organized by the Terminology Centre of the Lithuanian Language Institute, the Coordination Group of the Lithuanian Terminology Forum, the Lithuanian Language Department of the Directorate General for Translation of the European Commission, the Seimas Chancellery of the Republic of Lithuania, the State Commission for the Lithuanian Language, the Lithuanian Language Unit of the Directorate General for Translation of the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union and Infoterm (International Terminology Information Centre). The scientific conference was opened and greeted by the Director of the Lithuanian Language Institute Prof. dr. Jolanta Zabarskaitė. She emphasized the importance of conferences on the theoretical and practical aspects of terminology for language development and everyday use. According to J. Zabarskaitė, lexicologists name the world, and terminologists create it by naming concepts and creating new terms. Then two guest speakers – Prof. Rute Costa from NOVA University of Lisbon and Dr. Christian Galinskis from Infoterm – read their presentations in English. Prof. R. Costa talked about the role of text in terminology and explained the terminology working methods at NOVA University of Lisbon. According to the speaker, specialized texts are the most effective means of mutual understanding and communication of the community of specialists, they highlight not only established concepts and their relationships, but also the subjective polemics reflecting the development of 196 Rita Dedonienė | United Lithuanian Language Institute | ir Lietuvių terminologijos forumo konferencija concepts, therefore texts are very important in the work of terminology. She also highlighted the role of the field expert in creating concept maps and the importance of the link between terminology and other fields such as linguistics, information science, knowledge and computer engineering. Another invited guest – Dr. Ch. Galinskis – read a very interesting presentation “Internet of Things: Myths and Reality”. The speaker reviewed the terminology of the Internet of Things and emphasized the speed of changes caused by the Internet of Things. He mentioned the e-reality terms that are now commonly used, such as e-banking, e-procurement, e-health, and gave many interesting examples and facts about smart and connected devices, their impact on society, business, communication and language. For example, the increasing popularity of 3D printers reduces the need to store goods, because the desired product (object) can be “printed” with such a printer exactly when it is needed. However, there are still many unresolved issues in the Internet of Things and e-space – data security, privacy, trust in e-space, cybercrime, etc. However, according to the rapporteur, the Internet of Things without content is only technology, and therefore it is necessary to talk about the quality of content, information and data, their interpretation and flexible and decentralised management. It seems that now the main task is to cope with the abundance of information, to identify new phenomena, and the development of terminology science and the development of theoretical thought are less concerned. After the invited guests’ presentations, the work was continued in four sections: two sections worked simultaneously, so the participants had to choose the most interesting presentations. And there was something to choose from: I read over 20 reports. Their authors are specialists from Lithuania and guests from Latvia, Estonia, Belarus, Poland, Kaliningrad Oblast, Georgia, the Netherlands, Austria, Croatia, Portugal, Spain and even far-flung Colombia. The topics of the presentations are very broad – from the analysis of theoretical terminology issues to the examination of the peculiarities of professional language. The first section deals with the peculiarities of terminology work. For example, a guest from Estonia, Peep Nemvalts, told about terminology teaching at the University of Tallinn and the Estonian terminology management. According to the rapporteur, one of the most important characteristics of the functionality of the term is unambiguity, although ambiguity is not always avoided. The speaker illustrated this statement by the example of the term terminology. The speaker from the Netherlands, Jan Roukens, gave an overview of the European Commission’s terminology policy from 1992 to 1999, while Vyacheslav Shcherbin from the Centre for Systems Analysis and Strategic Research of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus kalbėjo apie būtinybę stiprinti Baltarusijos pramonės įmonių ir mokslo 197Terminology | 2017 | 24 cooperation between institutions in the field of information exchange and terminology, the preparation of references of the latest scientific and industrial fields and the improvement of professional language, since the complete context of the term can be found only in specialized monographs and special encyclopedias. The second section focused on the theoretical aspects of terminology. Mark Paura (Vilnius University) presented the idea of the extended term article. In addition to the standard data, the term article could provide various additional information, for example, about the term's origin, historical development, place in the hierarchical relationship system. This would bring educational benefits and help to make terminographic research meaningful. Jurgita Mikelionienė (Kaunas University of Technology) examined aspects of term appeal. The speaker illustrated this way of creating concept names with numerous eponymous terms from various fields and discussed their origins. Violeta Černiauskaitė (Lithuanian National Library Martynas Mažvydas) reviewed the work of forming, researching and standardizing the professional vocabulary of librarians and their directions. Nijolė Bliūdžiuvienė (Lithuanian National Library Martynas Mažvydas, Vilnius University) discussed the problem of interpretation of concepts and the provision of new terms in dissertations in the field of communication and information sciences. Egidijus Zaikauskas (European Commission) concluded the work of the section. In his presentation he examined the functions of metatags in translations: they can indicate the novelty of a term, exoticism, metaphorism, relation to the language norm, etc. The afternoon sessions focused on the professional language of special fields, their terminology management and specific researches. In the third section, a number of papers are devoted to methodological issues of terminology management and research. Ivana Šutej from the Faculty of Dentistry of the University of Zagreb presented the multilingual pharmacological terminology database FARMANA, which is being developed in order to organize Croatian pharmacological terminology and ensure more consistent use of it. The terms included in this database are collected from the most important pharmacological publications. Blanca Stella Giraldo Perez (Infoterm) also discussed the methodology and pragmatics of creating a glossary of terms. Elena Logunova (Kaliningrad State Technical University) talked about the application of frame semantics methodology in terminology and the study of economic terms used in online forums carried out according to this methodology. Aleksandra Makowska (University of Łódź) researched terms in microelectronics, telecommunications and computing based on data from a specially lysised textbook. Anita Butāne from the Institute of Latvian Language of the University of Latvia talked about the creation of terms in botany: very 198 Rita Dedonienė | United Lithuanian Language Institute | ir Lietuvių terminologijos forumo konferencija often terms are simply translated from other languages. For example, the Latin term Helianthus (< Greek helios "sun" + anthos "flower") is also translated as "sunflower" (due to visual similarity) or "flower that turns to the sun" in many other languages. solstice, rus. solncevorot; also wtf. Sunflower, angl. sunflower, latv. sunflower is a sunflower. In Latvia, specialists in the field often consider that literal translation of terms is the main way of creating botanical terms, and note that many such terms conform to the Latin or other language model. Based on the Latin example, the name of a plant corresponds to its scientific name, but popular or traditional plant names are lost. A guest from Colombia, María Cecilia Plesteda Alvarez (University of Antioquia) discussed the problems of practical training of subject experts to work in terminology: they have difficulty in distinguishing terminology from lexicology, word from term, understanding how concepts are defined. She presented the course of practical training: from searching for definitions of concepts, creating definitions to define new concepts and creating terms to name them to terminology harmonization in validation seminars. The work in the fourth section began with a report on the automatic definition of Lithuanian language terms and collocations. Erika Rimkutė (Vytauto Didžiojo University) presented a collective project of authors aimed at developing a methodology for the study of constant word combinations. Dr. Rasuolė Vladarskienė from the Lithuanian Language Institute reviewed the problem of the coverage, management and actual use of the terminology of creative industries. In the 21st century, with the increasingly widespread use of technology, creativity emerges as a particularly important competence of the modern worker. The term creative industries has emerged and become popular, denoting a very comprehensive concept covering a field of activity where business, communication, technology, culture and art merge. Due to the diversity of the field, its terminology is organized very unevenly: for example, the main terms of traditional art fields are well organized, several well-prepared dictionary have been published, regular terms are presented in encyclopedias and scientific literature, but the situation is more complicated with terms in the field of communication, where online dictionaries and glossaries are especially widespread, where specific narrowly used terms are often marked with jargon professionalisms. Even several presentations were devoted to the terminology of computer science and computing. Dr. Albina Auksoriūtė from the Lithuanian Language Institute read a report on the synonymy and development of terms in computer science. Dr. Robertas Stunžinas (Institute of Lithuanian Language) examined metaphorical computer 199Terminology | 2017 | 24 terijos terminus. She does not forget to discuss the attitude of the public to the Lithuanianization of terms in information technology and computing: Asta Mitkevičienė (Institute of Lithuanian Language) investigated the attitudes of the public based on online discourse – discussions, comments, blogs (2004–2015). Summarizing the first day’s presentations, two aspects could be distinguished: 1) Terminologists are increasingly turning to translation, the volume of translations is increasing, as well as the harmonization of the expression of concepts in different languages; 2) trends in the field of information technology and computing terms and the attitude of the public to them. The aforementioned report by A. Mitkevičienė from the Lithuanian Language Institute gives an optimistic impression that, despite some provisions and the obvious need for terminological education, almost no one is questioning the necessity of searching for Lithuanian terms. As Dr. R. Vladarskienė summarized the work of the sections at the end of the conference, “it was a broad and comprehensive look at the past, present and future of terminology. One message complemented or continued another message – a real meeting of comrades.” In summary, the first part of the joint conference was a great introduction to the meeting on the second day of the conference. On the second day, the Lithuanian Terminology Forum (LTF) conference was held, which gathered almost one and a half hundred terminologues, translators, editors and specialists from EU and Lithuanian institutions and research institutions. Another group of EU colleagues from the Council of the EU and the Permanent Representation of Lithuania participated in the conference via video link with Brussels. Irena Degutienė, Deputy Speaker of the Seimas, opened the conference with a welcoming speech, emphasizing the importance of ensuring that legislation is written in the correct and fluent Lithuanian language. The LTF Chairman Arūnas Butkevičius (European Commission) who spoke after the conference gave an overview of what the LTF has accomplished over the past year and what terminological work it intends to do. Rita Dedonienė (European Commission) briefly told about the conference “Scientific, administrative and educational terminology equivalents” held at the Lithuanian Language Institute on the eve of the conference. This year’s LTF conference was devoted to two main topics: terminology of Lithuanian language law and terminology of internet security and data protection. Reports on legal terminology were read by dr. Alvydas Umbrasas (State Lithuanian Language Commission and Lithuanian Language Institute), dr. 200 Rita Dedonienė | United Lithuanian Language Institute | ir Lietuvių terminologijos forumo konferencija nas (Vilnius University) and Dr. Sigita Rackevičienė (Mykolas Romeris University). About cyber threats and terminology in this field will be kalbėjo Arnoldas Judinas (Ryšių reguliavimo tarnyba), dr. M. Paura (Vilpresented by Dr. Sigita Stankevičienė (European Commission). After lunch, the participants of the conference discussed the terminology topics in three panels. 1.Terminology of legislation on data protection and security in the information space of the EU and the Republic of Lithuania (supervisors Dr. S. Rackevičienė and Vitalija Špokienė). The participants of Artelė discussed the current situation of legal terminology and emerging needs. What research, dictionaries or term bases are most lacking for lawyers, translators, editors today? With regard to the needs of different groups, it should be mentioned that there is a lack of bilingual or multilingual dictionaries of legal terms, particularly in French or Polish, and that it would be very useful to prepare comprehensive dictionaries of individual areas of law, such as European law, etc. Everyone agreed that the modern consumer needs reliable, professionally prepared and tailored dictionaries. Such dictionaries can be prepared using special computer programs that facilitate the search, selection, sorting, presentation and analysis of terms. Computer terminology opens up many new possibilities and ways, but at the same time it is necessary to use already available resources wisely. For example, legal terms accumulated in the Terms Bank and IATE term base should be constantly managed, updated and further supplemented. It is obvious that the organization of legal terms is a very important and responsible work, because the equally understood and named concepts are not only the concern of terminologists or specialists in the field, but also the basis of the quality of the activities of the entire structures of society. 2.The present and future of Lithuanian legal terminology (supervised by S. Stankevičienė and Inga Rimkevičienė). Artelė’s work began with an overview of recently adopted and future EU and Lithuanian legislation, a brief summary of the terminological difficulties encountered in translating and drafting or transposing them into national law. The question was raised, what new Lithuanian terms are already needed or will be needed soon. The discussion, which started vaguely, became livelier when it moved to the aptarimo. Daug diskutuota dėl galimų ENISA pasiūlyto termino computer specific terms of hygiene. It was considered whether the term computer hygiene would be appropriate and sufficiently clear, whether other terms with the focus on hygiene could be found, i.e. whether a system of such concepts is forming. It was agreed that such a term could be used in reference to safe computer use 201Terminology | 2017 | 24 recommendations for private individuals, but hard to imagine when it comes to legal security requirements. There was also a brief discussion about the Lithuanian equivalents of other data and information network security terms, such as data localization, data harvesting, etc. It has been noted that we do not have a common concept of how to deal with such new metaphorical terms, and that the terminologists of the institutions could discuss it and perhaps agree on it. 3. Metaphor in information technology terminology (supervisors: Dr. R. Stunžinas and Dr. M. Paura). At the beginning, R. Stunžinas proposed to discuss new metaphors of cybersecurity and computer protection that came from English, such as: ransomware, crimeware, scareware, greyware, blended malware, dumpster diving, etc. It was discussed whether metaphors should be included or whether the concepts should be named in non-metaphorical terms. Some new metaphors can be confusing. For example, a host can be a host computer and an object that can be infected (a host application). The term "host" used with the term "computer" would refer to both the host computer and the potentially infected computer. Paura introduced a set of metaphorical terms for malicious software: victim, target, payload, infection, carrier. In his view, if the basic computer security terms are metaphorical, the related terms may also be metaphorical. Hot discussions among the participants of the workshop showed that the problem of transferring metaphorical meaning from one field of science to another is particularly important in rapidly changing computing. Dr. Daiva Vaišnienė, Chairperson of the State Lithuanian Language Commission, made the closing remarks. She highlighted the importance of the work of terminologists for the smooth administration of institutions and the whole state, and also pointed out the need to have well-prepared dictionaries of terms in various fields and properly functioning, constantly managed and updated term databases, such as LR terminų bankas and IATE. Received 2017i11i14 Rita Dedonienė European Commission Bâtiment T2 02/C004, 1r7 Boulevard Pierre Frieden, Lu1543 Luxembourg, Luxembourg E-mail [email protected]