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Lomb Prize
Lomb may refer to: People *Kató Lomb (1909–2003), Hungarian interpreter, translator, language genius and one of the first simultaneous interpreters *Niklas Lomb (born 1993), German football goalkeeper who plays for Preußen Münster on loan from Bayer Leverkusen Bausch & Lomb *Bausch & Lomb, American eye health company based in Rochester, New York *Bausch & Lomb Place, skyscraper located in Rochester, New York *Henry Lomb (1828–1908), German-American optician who co-founded Bausch & Lomb (with John Jacob Bausch) Bausch & Lomb Tennis Championships *2007 Bausch & Lomb Championships **2007 Bausch & Lomb Championships – Singles *2008 Bausch & Lomb Championships **2008 Bausch & Lomb Championships – Doubles **2008 Bausch & Lomb Championships – Singles Other *Lomb-Scargle periodogram {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kató Lomb
Kató Lomb (8 February 19099 June 2003) was a Hungarian interpreter, translator and one of the first simultaneous interpreters in the world. Originally she graduated in physics and chemistry, but her interest soon led her to languages. Native in Hungarian, she was able to interpret fluently in nine or ten languages (in four of them even without preparation), and she translated technical literature and read belles-lettres in six languages. She was able to understand journalism in further eleven languages. As she put it, altogether she earned money with sixteen languages ( Bulgarian, Chinese, Danish, English, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Ukrainian). She learned these languages mostly by self-effort, as an autodidact. Her aims to acquire these languages were most of all practical, to satisfy her interest. According to her own account, her long life was highlighted not primarily by the command of languages but the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |