Amir Aharoni
Amir Aharoni on Devs Wikimania 2013. Photo: Lvova. License: CC-BY-SA-3.0
The Russian-Israeli linguist Amir Aharoni works as Product Manager in the Language Engineering Team of the Wikimedia Foundation.
Amir and Sebastian Wallroth talk about revived languages, the diversity of languages, the primacy of English language in the Wikipedias, the Content translation tool and Compact Language Links.
Links
Hebrew languageLithianian languageThe Whorfian time warp: Representing duration through the language hourglass.Catalan independence movementContent Translation toolCompact Languages LinksLanguage links‘ wanderlust: English language link of the German Wikipedia article Fachwerkhaus leads to the English Wikipedia article Timber framing (it’s headline Half-timbering to be precise) which’s German language link leads to the German Wikipedia article HolzfachwerkGerman Wikipedia: Figuren der Harry-Potter-Roman (one character per headline) ⇔ English Wikipedia: List of Harry Potter characters (collection of links to Wikipedia articles)Kickstarter campaign of Kimiko IshizakaFree Music
Johann Sebastian Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, BWV 846–893, No. 1: Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 846 played by Kimiko Ishizaka