XTerminator2000

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Languages:

My mother tongue is German and I was also born in Germany, in Bavaria, to be more exact. My second language was English and thereafter Afrikaans (as third language). I also understand Dutch, Flemish, Frisian, Alemannic (Alemannisch), Luxembourgish, Romansh and the 'new' language Pennsylvania German (Pennsilfaanisch Deitsch) - which I only found out about in Wikipedia (and various other dialects), just the grammar - speech and writing, would still be giving me some problems. I also understand some Swedish, Finnish and Danish. Further more I am also interested in Italian - and maybe also in Latin and French. I live in Pretoria/South Africa since 1973.

Machine Translations

I am also interested in and follow various methods of machine translations.
For people interested please also see:

• Google Language Tools
• Babel Fish (Translation Page)

Wikipedia:

I am still a Greenhorn - regarding Wikipedia, and still miss a proper WYSIWYG-Editor (expecially for Tables)! Is there no way to convert tables from a Spreadsheet (MS Excel or OpenOffice.org Calc) or transfer/import them? (Or is the motto: "Why do it simple when it is possible to do it complicated!" ?)

Profession:

My professions are quite numerous, and reach from Electronics/Electro Techniques (Industrial Electronics/Digital Electronics) - which would be called Infotronics thesedays / (Test Equipment Design, Computer (Hardware and Software Support/Consulting), Software Development, over Informatics/EDP/Electronic Data Processing, Database Administrator into the World of Environmental Health/Environmental Medicine and Complementary Medicine/Alternative Medicine, where I work since 1993.

Interests:

My interests are far spread and as follows (not necessary in this qequence of priority): Music/Classical Music/Baroque Music/Sacred Music, Renewable Energy, Energy Saving, Photography (analogue and digital) and also digital Video Recordings and digital Video Editing - and last not least Languages (Foreign Languages and Dialects)!

Interesting People (grouped):

Composers (Classical Music)

• Ludwig van Beethoven, Johann Sebastian Bach, Johann Christoph Bach, Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Max Reger, Antonio Vivaldi, Niccolò Paganini, Georg Philipp Telemann, Karlheinz Stockhausen

Musicians (Classical Music)

• Herbert von Karajan (Conductor), Karl Böhm (Conductor), Anne-Sophie Mutter (Violin), Alfred Brendel (Piano), Trevor Pinnock (Harpsicord), Narciso Yepes (Guitar/Mandolin), Maurice André (Trumpet), Trevor Nasser (Guitar/Mandolin/Banjo / South Africa)

Singers

• Walter Berry, Gottlob Frick, Christa Ludwig, Ivan Rebroff, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Pilar Lorengar

Musicians (Volkstümliche Musik / Volksmusik / Folk Music)

• Ernst Mosch

Religious

• Joseph Ratzinger, Georg Ratzinger, Dalai Lama

Scientists, Researchers, Inventors, Technologists

• Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Nikola Tesla, Max Planck, Albert Einstein, Werner von Siemens, Wernher von Braun, Konrad Zuse

Medicine, Environmental Medicine, Complementary/Alternative Medicine

• Robert Koch, Paul Ehrlich, Sanitätsrat Dr. med. Joseph Hager, Dr. med. Dieter Aschoff, Dr. med. Ernst Hartmann, Dr. med. Manfred Curry, Dr. med. Ferdinand Sauerbruch, Dr. med. Victor Rambeau, Dr. med. Blos, Dr. med. Birkelbach, Dr. med. Seitz, Dr. med. von Brehmer, Ing. Pierre Cody, Ing. Robert Endrös, Ing. Ludwig Oberneder, Dr. med. Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis, Dr. Armin Bickel, Dr. Joseph Würst, Dr. Joseph A. Kopp, Dr. Karl Dietl, Gustav Freiherr von Pohl, Alois Irlmaier, Ing. Jakob Stängle, Ludger Mersmann, Andreas Kopschina, Käthe Bachler, Reinhard Schneider, Dr. Jörg Purner, Dr. Horst F. Preiß, Dr. med. Ulrike Banis, Pater Cyrillus Wehrmeister, Pater Frumentius Renner

Actors / Movie Stars

• Inge Meysel, Heinz Rühmann, Heinz Erhardt, Bruce Willis

Comedians and Show Masters

• Rudi Carell, Peter Frankenfeld, Vico Torriani, Carl Valentin, Herbert Hiesl, Leon Schuster (South Africa), Emil Steinberger

Favored Motorvehicle Manufacturers (alphabetically):

Audi, BMW, Porsche, Citroën

Favored Motorvehicle Models:

BMW 502 (Baroque Angel / "Barockengel"), BMW 2002tii, Porsche 356 (Roadster), Porsche 911 (Targa), Mercedes-Benz 300SL (Gullwing), Citroën SM, Audi A6 (Avant), Audi RS6 (Avant), NSU Ro 80 (Wankel Engine), DAF 55

So far for now.

Kind regards XTerminator2000 (talk) 00:41, 24 April 2008 (UTC)