Dear Andy, 14/4/08
"Je compatis" with you, as it is always shocking to receive abusive responses.
On top of that, the profile of that person and
his age would not qulify him for a PhD grant in
MT anywhere (neither in CS nor in CL nor in
linguistics nor in translation).
I happen to know a few researchers in Jordan, but not his one.
I relay this to two of them, wo did good research in MT, for further enquiring.
Best regards,
Xan
(Ch.Boitet)
At 10:00 +0100 14/04/08, Andy Way wrote:
Folks,
As you know, I've recently advertised for a number of PhD positions in
MT in our group at DCU. I'm pleased to say that all positions are now
filled.
Accordingly, on Friday morning last week, I contacted all unsuccessful
applicants informing them of my decision. This was the usual type of
message thanking them for their interest in the positions, and wishing
them well in their future academic careers.
I regret to say that I received an abusive response to this mail from
one applicant, and I think it is worth passing on his details in case he
applies for any other MT-related position.
His name is Ammar Hussein, using the email address [EMAIL PROTECTED],
and in his application to me, he stated the following:
I am a Jordanian citizen, 39 years old. I hold
a master's degree in computer science with a
very good average and bachelor's degree with
excellent average. I wish to inquire if it is
possible for students from outside the European
union to apply for the scholarships for PhD
studies in machine translation. I have several
years of work experience in the computer field
as well as a couple as a translator. The work I
undertook included feeding machine translation
software for a company called Apptek
(www.apptek.com). Needless to say I am
interested in the work of machine translation
especially as pertaining to Arabic.
I wouldn't normally do this, but then again, I've never received such a
defamatory response to what was in my opinion just common courtesy. I
know that many other leading MT groups have more money than student
applicants, and it's important to make the community aware of such rogue
students for the common good.
Andy.
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