There were no objections on the private list, so I have now added Kimberli to the mailing lists and to the LangCom members page on Meta. Welcome, Kimberli!
tor. 7. nov. 2019 kl. 09:24 skrev Jon Harald Søby <[email protected]>: > That's right, my bad. I'll resend it to the private list. > > tir. 5. nov. 2019 kl. 17:05 skrev Steven White <[email protected]>: > >> On the whole I'm fine with this. (Not that I have a vote ...) Just a >> couple of things: >> >> 1. We are in more need of experts in Asian, African and American >> languages than European ones at this point. >> 2. We usually discuss personnel issues on the private list. >> >> Steven >> >> Sent from Outlook <http://aka.ms/weboutlook> >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Langcom <[email protected]> on behalf of Jon >> Harald Søby <[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 5, 2019 8:14 AM >> *To:* Wikimedia Foundation Language Committee < >> [email protected]>; [email protected] < >> [email protected]> >> *Subject:* [Langcom] Proposal to add Kimberli Mäkäräinen as LangCom >> member >> >> Amir asked Kimberli Mäkäräinen (User:Yupik) if she would be interested in >> serving on the language committee. Since I have worked a lot with Kimberli >> over the years, especially on the Sámi project that Wikimedia Norge is >> working on, we thought it would be a good idea if I introduce her to the >> list. >> >> Kimberli is originally from the US, but has lived in Finland for decades, >> where she studies for her PhD and works as a professional translator. She >> has been a Wikipedia contributor for many many years already, especially >> working in the Northern Sámi Wikipedia, but also in several other >> languages. In order to get details right I asked her to send me some, and >> she had this nice academic introduction ready at hand: >> >> Kimberli Mäkäräinen graduated from the University of Illinois at >> Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), USA (BA in Linguistics with high distinction, >> 1994), the University of Helsinki (UH), Finland (BA in English Translation, >> 2015; MA in English Translation, 2016), and is a thesis short of a second >> MA in Saami Studies from UH (2016–). Ms. Mäkäräinen has combined her love >> of translating legislation, terminology, and the Saami languages in her >> PhD, which debates the ease of understanding the terminology used in >> Finnish legislation translated into Skolt Saami. Awarded High Distinction >> from UIUC for her thesis, A Papyrus in Fayumic Coptic, she is an authorized >> translator from Finnish into English, and received an NIAS SUPRA Nordic >> Scholarship for her work on translating legislation in multilingual legal >> systems involving lesser-resourced languages. Both professionally and >> personally, Ms. Mäkäräinen believes everyone should be able to read the >> laws affecting their everyday lives in their own language and more >> resources should be allocated to allow this to happen. Accordingly, she >> advocates through her work for the use of languages ranging from Tundra >> Nenets to Zulu in open-knowledge projects like Wikipedia and other >> Wikimedia projects, the Helsinki Term Bank for the Arts and Sciences, and >> other dictionary and knowledge projects. >> >> >> I believe Kimberli would make a great addition to the language committee, >> and hope you all agree. :-) >> >> -- >> mvh >> Jon Harald Søby >> _______________________________________________ >> Langcom mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/langcom >> > > > -- > mvh > Jon Harald Søby > -- mvh Jon Harald Søby
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