User:XTerminator2000

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Languages:

My mother toung 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 Elektronics/Electrotechniques (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

• 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

Volk 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

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)