Re: [Cz-L] Languages studied in Cernauti in Liceul #3

In <C3A7A6C8.8F5B%mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu>, on 01/07/2008
   at 09:52 AM, Miriam Taylor <mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu> said:

>In 1940 he also learned Ukrainian and Russian well enough,
>to translate a Mathematics textbook from Russian to Ukrainian and be
>awarded a prize for the translation.

Well, I could read Mathematics in French, but a French newspaper or novel
would probably have been beyond me. Mathematical prose is far easier to
read and to translate than general prose. As for poetry, forget about it
:-(

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Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT

Researching:

GELMAN, Channah Khazangorodk Belarus
KATZ, Shmuel Gologóry(Lemberg) Tarnopol Ukraine
LIFSHITZ, Bluma Gologóry(Lemberg) Tarnopol Ukraine
METSCH, Aron Hawrilak Austria
                    (Gavrylyak)
METSCH, Joseph Yitzchak
                    Chernevist? Bukovina? Austria?
METSCH, Shlomo Chernevist Bukovina Austria
        (Salomon)
METSCH, Yechiel Chernevist Bukovina Austria
SHULMAN, Zalman Dov Khazangoroduk Belarus
         (Berel)
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Received on 2008-01-07 17:16:21