Ingibjorg, thanks for your message. You have an amazing background (by the way, I am also a Chemist, doctorate in 1991). I look forward to what you can contribute to Apertium. Where do you plan to work? Improving Icelandic-English?
Cheers Mikel 06/02/14 09:55, Ingibjorg Elsa Bjornsdottir ha escrit: > Dear Apertium mailing list, > > My name is Ingibjorg Elsa Bjornsdottir, and I am a new PhD student at > the University of Iceland. My PhD assignment concerns > developing Apertium further with regard to Icelandic. I am interested > in the language pairs Icelandic - English; English - Icelandic; > Icelandic-Russian;Russian - Icelandic, and I would not mind working on > other combinations as well especially Icelandic - Swedish or Icelandic - > German. > > My e-mail at the university of Iceland is [email protected]. I also have a > very very small translation company called Brandugla slf. (Short eared > owl) which is really just me, and a platform for my work as a > translator. The company is still in existence, but I am running it > at low speed, as I am now mainly studying. > > I have a very colorful educational background. I hold a B.A. degree in > Russian and History, a B.Sc. degree in geology, a M.Sc. with distinction > degree in Environmental Chemistry and measurements, a M.A. degree in > Translation Studies and now I am jumping into > my PhD studies with Apertium. > > My languages are: > > Icelandic mother tongue, > Swedish absolutley fluent (lived in Sweden for 3 years, Jag älskar > Göteborg, jajamensan). > Russian fluent with some errors (the Russian verbs can be excruciatingly > difficult for foreign students). > Norwegian and Danish , almost fluent (translated a 400 page book on > Global Warming from Norwegian). > German, understand and read German books > Old Church Slavonic, have read Slovo o Polku Igorevy > and Codex Zographensis written in Staroslavjanskíj jazyk. > Limited knowledge but living interest in all other languages > Finally some rusty knowledge of ancient Greek, also a beautiful language. > And I almost forgot, I was born in Edinburgh Scotland, and I know > English quite well, > even though I do not hold a formal degree in English. > > And yes, I have mild Aspergers syndrome, which basically means that I am > very interested in languages and computers. My > special interests are languages and computers. > > My SourgeForge credentials are: > > Username: ingibjorgelsa > Name: Ingibjorg Elsa Bjornsdottir > Email:[email protected] > > > > I live in small town in southern Iceland, am married to Valgeir, a biologist, > and we have one > four year old son, Siggi. > > Many thanks and look forward to learning to know Apertium and you all in the > Apertium community also. > -- Mikel L. Forcada (http://www.dlsi.ua.es/~mlf/) Departament de Llenguatges i Sistemes Informàtics Universitat d'Alacant E-03071 Alacant, Spain Phone: +34 96 590 9776 Fax: +34 96 590 9326 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Managing the Performance of Cloud-Based Applications Take advantage of what the Cloud has to offer - Avoid Common Pitfalls. Read the Whitepaper. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=121051231&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Apertium-stuff mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/apertium-stuff
