Madura Kulatunga
Madura Kulatunga (singhalesisch මධුර කුලතුංග; * 23. März 1980 in Matara, Sri Lanka) ist ein sri-lankischer Software-Ingenieur, der vor allem als Gründer des Madura English–Sinhala Dictionary bekannt ist.[1][2][3]
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BearbeitenKulatunga studierte am Royal College, Colombo.[4][5] Er erwarb den Master of Science in Informationstechnologie am Sikkim Manipal University.[6][7] Beruflich ist er als Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer qualifiziert.[8][9][10]
Karriere
BearbeitenKulatunga verstand die Schwierigkeiten bei der Verwendung Gedruckte englisch-singhalesischer Wörterbücher.[11][12][13] Um diese Herausforderung zu meistern, beschloss er, ein elektronisches Wörterbuch zu erstellen.[14][15][16] Er schuf schließlich das Madura English–Sinhala Dictionary und machte es der Öffentlichkeit frei zugänglich.[17][18][19] Er wurde der Schöpfer des ersten Online-Englisch-Singhalesisch-Wörterbuchs der Welt.[20][21][22]
Einzelnachweise
Bearbeiten- ↑ Anuradha Kodagoda: Madura’s moxie In: Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka) – Youth Observer, Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited, 17. Mai 2015, S. 8–9. Abgerufen am 12. Januar 2018 (english).
- ↑ Madura Kulatunga, a commendable contribution In: The Island (Sri Lanka) – Watchout, Upali Newspapers, 24. Mai 2015, S. 15 (english).
- ↑ Uditha Devapriya: Madura’s story In: The Nation (Sri Lanka) – insight, Rivira Media Corporation, 21. Juni 2015, S. i10 (english).
- ↑ Kamanthi Wickramasinghe: A humble success story Madura Kulatunga In: The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka) – Features, Wijeya Newspapers, 15. Juli 2015, S. A12-A13 (english).
- ↑ Effectively bridging the language gap In: Ceylon Today – Hello, Ceylon Newspapers, 26. Juli 2015, S. 2 (english).
- ↑ Kanchana Karunamuni: 'මේ වෙනකොට ලක්ෂ නවයක් මධුර ශබ්දකෝෂය බාගත කරගෙන' මධුර කුලතුංග (deutsch: 'Up to date nine lakhs have downloaded Madura Dictionary' Madura Kulatunga) In: Dinamina – Features, Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited, 8. August 2015, S. 20. Abgerufen am 30. Mai 2017 (sinhala).
- ↑ Madura Kulatunga’s Notable Achievements In: The Sunday Leader – Weekend Leader, Leader Publications, 30. August 2015, S. 2 (english).
- ↑ මධුර ඉංගීසි – සිංහල ශබ්දකෝෂය නිර්මාණය කළ මධුර කුලතුංග (deutsch: Madura English–Sinhala Dictionary creator Madura Kulatunga) In: Silumina – Guru Gedara, Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited, 27. September 2015, S. 39. Abgerufen am 12. Januar 2018 (sinhala).
- ↑ The generosity of Madura Kulatunga In: The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka) – Education Times 2, Wijeya Newspapers, 27. September 2015, S. 4 (english).
- ↑ ඉංගීසි භාෂාව සිංහලයට සමීප කළ "මධුර" (deutsch: English language made closer to Sinhalese by "Madura") (PDF) In: Rajina – Loka Lama Dinaya, Sumathi Newspapers (Pvt) Ltd, 2. Oktober 2015, S. 23 (sinhala).
- ↑ Palitha Senanayake: ඉලෙක්ටොනික මාධ තුළින් ඉංගීසි සිංහලට සමීප කළ මධුර (deutsch: Through electronic media English made closer to Sinhalese by Madura) In: Divaina – Features, Upali Newspapers, 18. Oktober 2015, S. X (sinhala).
- ↑ Ravi Rathnaveil: යටත්වීම වෙනුවට සටන් කිරීමෙන් උපන් මධුර ශබ්දකෝෂය (deutsch: Instead of surrender Madura Dictionary was born fighting) In: Irudina – Pitu 8, Leader Publications, 18. Oktober 2015, S. VIII (sinhala).
- ↑ The Story Behind 'Madura' In: The Sunday Leader – Business, Leader Publications, 1. November 2015, S. 28 (english).
- ↑ Gemunu Wanninayaka, Dinithi Liyanage: Nagena Ira Program With Madura Kulatunge (Madura English–Sinhala Dictionary Maker) 2015-11-13. In: RanOne FM. EAP Broadcasting Company Limited, 13. November 2015 (singhalesisch).
- ↑ Get the word right with Madura In: Business LK Magazine, 1. Januar 2016, S. 92–95 (english).
- ↑ Aruni Muthumalie: ගහ බලපෑම් පරදා කාටත් වැඩක් ගත හැකි On line ශබ්දකෝෂයක් තැනූ මධුර කුලතුංග (deutsch: Defeating astrology effects and developed useful online dictionary for everyone by Madura Kulatunga) In: Silumina – Sithmalyaya, Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited, 24. Januar 2016, S. 28 (sinhala).
- ↑ Madura Kulatunga Beyond the written word In: The Island (Sri Lanka) – YOUth, Upali Newspapers, 11. Dezember 2016, S. 8–9 (english).
- ↑ Madura Kulatunga Reflections on the world of dictionaries In: Esteem Magazine, 1. April 2017, S. 54–56 (english).
- ↑ The story of Madura In: Ceylon Today – Hello, Ceylon Newspapers, 25. Juni 2017, S. 14 (english).
- ↑ මධුර ශබ්දකෝෂය නිර්මාණය කළ මධුර කුලතුංග (deutsch: Madura Dictionary creator Madura Kulatunga) In: Resa – CYBER ROUNDUP, Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited, 29. Januar 2018, S. 2. Abgerufen am 22. März 2020 (sinhala).
- ↑ Uditha Devapriya: Beyond the written word In: The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka) – Features, Wijeya Newspapers, 27. September 2018, S. A18 (english).
- ↑ Madura Kulatunga, the Founder and Owner of The Madura English-Sinhala Dictionary In: Hi!!, 12. Oktober 2020 (english).
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BearbeitenPersonendaten | |
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NAME | Kulatunga, Madura |
ALTERNATIVNAMEN | මධුර කුලතුංග (singhalesisch) |
KURZBESCHREIBUNG | sri-lankischer Software-Ingenieur |
GEBURTSDATUM | 23. März 1980 |
GEBURTSORT | Matara, Sri Lanka |