Centre of Terminology

Phone (+370 5) 234 7198, e-mail

The Institute of the Lithuanian Language has been working on terminology since 1941, when the Section of Practical Language and Terminology was established at the Institute. In 1951, the Terminology Commission, which has been set up under the auspices of the Presidium of the Academy of Sciences in 1945, was transferred to the Institute of the Lithuanian Language (the Institute of the Lithuanian Language and Literature in 1952–1990). In 1971, the Terminology Group was established within the Dictionaries Sector of the Institute of the Lithuanian Language and Literature. The Department of Language Culture and Terminology was founded in 1989. Since 1991, the Institute of the Lithuanian Language has had its separate Terminology Department, which became the Terminology Centre in 2003.

MAIN ACTIVITIES

The goals of the Terminology Centre are to conduct research of Lithuanian terminology and terminography and analyse the functioning of Lithuanian terms from different fields amidst the public.

researching theoretical problems of modern Lithuanian terminology and terminography;
analysing the history of Lithuanian terminology and researching the development of Lithuanian terms from different fields;
establishing the principles of Lithuanian terminology and terminography;
submitting recommendations on matters of terminology, terminography, and scientific language.

KEY PUBLICATIONS

Rimkutė-Ganusauskienė Aušra 2023: Aprangos pavadinimai: XXI amžiaus 2-ojo dešimtmečio šaltinių pagrindu, Vilnius: Lietuvių kalbos institutas, 189 p. ISBN 978-609-411-356-7, https://doi.org/10.35321/e-pub.70.aprangos-pavadinimai.
Vaskelaitė Ramunė 2022: Makroekonomikos terminija: sinonimijos priežastys, Vilnius: Lietuvių kalbos institutas, 2022. ISBN 978-609-411-332-1, https://doi.org/10.35321/e-pub.46.makroekonomikos-terminija.
Zemlevičiūtė Palmira 2021: Žmogaus lytinių organų pavadinimai XIX amžiaus pabaigos – XX amžiaus pradžios populiarinamuosiuose medicinos raštuose, Vilnius: Lietuvių kalbos institutas, 109 p. ISBN 978-609-411-299-7. doi.org/10.35321/e-pub.20.lytiniu-organu-pavadinimai.
Auksoriūtė Albina, Gaivenytė-Butler Jolanta, Labanauskienė Solvita, Mitkevičienė Asta, Stunžinas Robertas, Umbrasas Alvydas, Zemlevičiūtė Palmira 2018: Lietuviškos informatikos ir kompiuterijos terminijos tyrimai: monografija, Vilnius: Lietuvių kalbos institutas, 439 p. ISBN 978-609-411-225-6.
Zemlevičiūtė Palmira 2016: XVII–XVIII amžiaus Mažosios Lietuvos žodynų terminologinė medicinos leksika, Vilnius: Lietuvių kalbos institutas, 512 p. ISBN 978-609-411-181-5.
Skolinti terminai ir jų atitikmenys, parengė A. Auksoriūtė, R. Katelytė, A. Kaulakienė, S. Labanauskienė, A. Mitkevičienė, A. Rimkutė, R. Stunžinas, D. Šilobritaitė, redaktoriai: A. Auksoriūtė (vyr. red.), A. Kaulakienė, A. Noreikaitė, programuotojai: E. Ožeraitis, V. Zinkevičius, Vilnius: Lietuvių kalbos institutas, 2014. ISBN 978-609-411-112-9.
Gaivenis Kazimieras 2014: Nuostabioji žodžio šviesa, sud. ir red. J. Gaivenytė-Butler, Vilnius: Lietuvių kalbos institutas, 144 p. ISBN 978-609-411-120-4.
Gaivenis Kazimieras 2014: Rinktiniai raštai, sud. J. Gaivenytė-Butler, redaktorių kolegija: A. Auksoriūtė (atsak. red.), J. Gaivenytė-Butler, S. Keinys, J. Klimavičius, P. Zemlevičiūtė, Vilnius: Lietuvių kalbos institutas, 770 p. ISBN 978-609-411-122-8.
Keinys Stasys 2012: Lietuvių terminologijos raida, Vilnius: Lietuvių kalbos institutas, 448 p. ISBN 978-609-411-085-6.
Priešaušrio mokslas, kultūra ir švietimas: Lauryno Ivinskio 200-osioms gimimo metinėms, red. ir sud. A. Auksoriūtė, Vilnius: Lietuvių kalbos institutas, 2012, 327 p. ISBN 978-609-411-086-3.
Umbrasas Alvydas 2010: Lietuvių teisės terminija 1918–1940 metais: pagrindinių kodeksų terminai, Vilnius: Lietuvių kalbos institutas, 341 p. (serijoje Opera Linguistica Lithuanica 11). ISBN 978-609-411-039-9.
Lietuvių kalbos terminų žodynai: anotuota 1900–2005 m. bibliografijos rodyklė, J. Gaivenytė-Butler, S. Keinys, A. Noreikaitė, red. S. Keinys, Vilnius: Lietuvių kalbos institutas, 2008, 260 p. ISBN 978-9955-704-48-5.
Pabaltijo tautų terminologijos problemos ir Europos Sąjunga, redaktorių kolegija: A. Auksoriūtė (atsak. red. ir sud.), Ch. Galinski, S. Keinys, V. Skujiņa, S. Šelov, Vilnius: Lietuvių kalbos instituto leidykla, 2005, 172 p. ISBN 9986-668-94-8.
Klimavičius Jonas 2005: Leksikologijos ir terminologijos darbai: norma ir istorija, Vilnius: Lietuvių kalbos instituto leidykla, 336 p. ISBN 9986-668-95-6.
Keinys Stasys 2005: Dabartinė lietuvių terminologija, Vilnius: Lietuvių kalbos instituto leidykla, 500 p. ISBN 9955-704-01-2.
Terminologijos istorijos ir dabarties problemos, redaktorių kolegija: A. Auksoriūtė (sud.), S. Keinys (atsak. red.), V. Skujinia, Vilnius: Lietuvių kalbos instituto leidykla, 2004, 380 p. ISBN 9986-668-65-4.
Gaivenis Kazimieras 2002: Lietuvių terminologija: teorijos ir tvarkybos metmenys, Vilnius: Lietuvių kalbos instituto leidykla, 148 p. ISBN 9986-668-43-3.

RESEARCH JOURNAL “TERMINOLOGIJA”

The international scientific journal Terminologija / Terminology (ISSN 1392-267X) has been in annual circulation since 1994. The editor-in-chief has been Dr Albina Auksoriūtė since 2009.

OJS Platform

Full issues (in PDF)

DIGITAL RESOURCES

Lithuanian terminology collections portal (Eurotermbank node)

E-terms

Borrowed terms and their equivalents

INTERNATIONAL MEMBERSHIP

Infoterm (International Information Centre for Terminology)

EAFT (European Association for Terminology)

INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS

Federated eTranslation Termbank Network: 2020–2022, EU Connecting Europe Facility

eTranslation TermBank: 2017–2019, EU Connecting Europe Facility

EuroTermBank: 2005–2006, EU eContent Programme

SCIENCE EVENTS

SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCES

5^th international conference on terminology Scientific, administrative and educational dimensions of terminology (19-20 October 2023)
4^th international conference on terminology Scientific, administrative and educational dimensions of terminology (21-22 October 2021).
3^rd international conference on terminology Scientific, administrative and educational dimensions of terminology (17-18 October 2019).
2^nd international conference on terminology Scientific, administrative and educational dimensions of terminology (1-2 June 2017).
International conference on terminology Scientific, administrative and educational dimensions of terminology (4-5 June 2015).
International scientific conference Terminology and terminography: development, topicalities and perspectives (10-11 October 2013).
International scientific conference State-of-the-art and the future of terminology methodology and application [On the occasion of the 90^th anniversary of the establishment of Terminologijos Komisija] (12-13 October 2011).
National scientific conference Priešaušrio mokslas, kultūra ir švietimas: Lauryno Ivinskio 200-osioms gimimo metinėms (25-26 November 2010)
International scientific conference Lexicology and terminology: theory, practice, history [On the occasion of the 100^th anniversary of the birth of the Lithuanian lexicographer Jonas Kruopas] (23-25 April 2008).
International conference on terminology Terminology of national languages and globalization (11-13 October 2006).
International scientific seminar Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian terminology problems and tasks in European Union (5-6 October 2004).
International scientific conference Terminology at the beginning of the third Millennium (7-9 October 2003).

SCIENTIFIC SEMINARS

Scientific seminar Terminology: issues in science and practice 2 (2 December 2022, online).
Scientific seminar Lithuanian terminology resources in digital environment: innovations and future perspectives (13 May 2022, online).
Scientific seminar Terminology: issues in science and practice (16 October, 2020)
Scientific seminar Experience in Lithuanian terminology: in honour of the 100th anniversary of the restoration of the Lithuanian state (12 October, 2018)
Scientific seminar Terminology and word-formation (7 October, 2016)
Scientific seminar Kazimieras Gaivenis and Lithuanian terminology, commemorating the 80th anniversary of Dr K. Gaivenis (12 December, 2014)
Scientific seminar Term standardisation and management (8 December 2005)
International scientific seminar Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian terminology problems and tasks in European Union (5-6 October 2004)
Scientific seminar Issues regarding the synonymy of terms (25 September 2002)

TRAINING

Qualification courses Topical issues in modern terminology (16-17 October 2007)
Qualification courses Summer qualification school for young terminologists from the Baltic countries (4-8 September 2006)