Antrosios Terminologijos komisijos (1945–1971) veiklos apžvalga

LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Terminologijos komisija; Terminai; Kazimieras Gaivenis; Terminologijos komisijos protokolai; Terminology commission; Terms; Kazimieras Gaivenis; Documents of Terminology commission.

ENAfter the Second World War the Terminology Commission started its activities in Lithuania. It was established at the Presidium of the Academy of Sciences in order to organize and co-ordinate terminology work and was transferred to the Institute of the Lithuanian Language in 1951. The article deals with the activities of this Terminology Commission as well as the methods and principles of its work between 1951 and the end of 1971 when it was reorganized into Terminology Council at the Presidium of the Academy of Sciences. The work of the Terminology Commission was organized in the same way as of the first one – dictionaries or lists of terms prepared by the specialists of a particular field were discussed by Lithuanian linguists and specialists together. Reviewed terms had to meet linguistic requirements with the particular attention given to the regularity as well as logic requirements seeking precision and systematicality. The principle of constancy was observed and terms which were in usage were not being changed without a serious reason.In twenty years of its activities Terminology Commission performed important work in the ordering of terminology, its encouragement and development. It discussed terminological dictionaries of botany, chemistry, criminal law, economics, geography, literature, land-reclamation, law, medicine, engineering and other fields which were being compiled, provided terminology related consultations for various institutions, organized conferences and discussions with specialists in regard to Lithuanian terminology creation, development and dissemination. A big contribution to the success of the activities of Terminology Commission was made by its chairman dr. Jonas Kruopas and its secretary from the end of 1959 as well as editor Kazimieras Gaivenis. Practical activities of term creation and ordering and scientific theoretical work of Gaivenis contributed to the development of terminology into a separate branch of linguistics in Lithuania. [From the publication]