Croatian Home Guard Officers Elite – Co-Creators of Military Terminology

U radu se propituju dosadašnje znanstvene spoznaje o početcima službene izgradnje hrvatskoga vojnog nazivlja iz druge polovice 19. stoljeća, u prvome redu o jedinstvenosti uloge Bogoslava Šuleka kao njegova utemeljitelja. Istraživanjem primarnih izvora dokazuje se da Šulek, premda stožerna figura vojnoterminografskih nastojanja, nije bio jedini stvaratelj hrvatske vojne riječi. Proučavanjem arhivske građe u Zagrebu i Beču na vidjelo izlazi niz autora, koji su u jeku ustrojavanja domobranstva prevodili vojne priručnike na hrvatski jezik. Štoviše, uz brojne naslove vojnostručne literature, objavili su i dva pionirska vojnojezična priručnika. Autori su redom pripadali domobranskom časničkom predavačkom kadru, tako da je Šulek među njima bio jedina nevojna osoba. Nova konfiguracija zaslužnikâ izgradnje hrvatskoga vojnog nazivlja otkriva da su se neki važni naslovi dosad pogrešno pripisivali Šuleku, no i upućuje na nove spoznaje o opsegu Šulekova opusa te dostupnosti njegovih naslova. Usporedbom časničkih prijevoda s onima Bogoslava Šuleka upotpunjuje se mozaik jezične koncepcije izgradnje hrvatskoga vojnog nazivlja.The paper examines the current scholarly insights about the beginnings of the official development of Croatian military terminology from the second half of the 19th century, primarily about the uniqueness of the role of Bogoslav Šulek as its founder. The research of primary sources proves that Šulek – although a pivotal figure in military terminography efforts – was not the only creator of the Croatian military lexis. By studying the archives in Zagreb and Vienna, a number of authors came to light, who translated military manuals into Croatian amid the dynamic establishment of the Croatian Home Guard. Moreover, in addition to numerous military literature titles, they also published two pioneering military-language manuals. The authors belonged to the Home Guard officer\u27s teaching staff, so Šulek stood as the only non-military person among them. The new configuration of those responsible for the establishment of Croatian military terminology reveals how some important titles have so far been wrongly attributed to Šulek, but also points to new insights into the scope of Šulek’s opus and the availability of his titles. The comparison of officers’ translations with those of Bogoslav Šulek completes the mosaic of the linguistic conception of the construction of Croatian military terminology