It is gratifying that on May 25, the Philologist’s Day, Director of the Educational and Scientific Institute of Ukrainian Studies, Associate Professor of the Department of General and German Linguistics Valentina Greschuk held a lecture for employees of state authorities, local governments, state enterprises, institutions and organizations on the topic “Vocabulary from the point of view of origin Typical mistakes in the use of foreign words. Terminology and phraseology in business communication.” During the lecture, Valentina Vasylivna not only talked about the main layers of the origin of vocabulary, the rules of using foreign words in business communication, the phenomenon of purism, the peculiarities of using terminology and phraseology in official business communication, but also raised the actual problems related to the language issue at the current stage, focused attention on the fact that in today’s difficult conditions, language is our shield, a marker that defines our identity, “it is a weapon, it is strength, it is the nerve of the nation” (Valentina Hrestchuk “We will meet where there will be no war.. .”). It unites, protects our spirituality and calls for struggle.