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Dragi kolegi,
<P>This message is being posted to announce the publishing of the fifth
edition of Giuseppe Premru's Dialoghi-Gespraeche-Pogovori on the Net. This
book was published almost exactly 100 years ago in Gorica. So far I have
typed in about sixty pages. It can be found at:
<BR><A HREF="http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~stermole/Premru/">http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~stermole/Premru/</A>
<P>This is my second attempt at making an old multilingual book available
on the Web. The first was the 1744 edition of the Megiser dictionary Dictionarium
quatuor linguarum. The whole of the dictionary portion of Megiser's book
is accessible at:
<BR><A HREF="http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~stermole/searchmeg6.html">http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~stermole/searchmeg6.html</A>
<P>My work on these books is a result of the marriage of my two main areas
of expertise -- linguistics and computers. You may be wondering why I have
chosen to put Premru and Megiser on the Web instead of other publications.
Both books were given to me while I was doing my doctoral research in Koro¹ka.
Having worked in that bilingual context, I was intrigued by the prospects
and technical difficulties of making the information in multilingual books
available on the computer. Both books contain material which crosses over
the Latin-1/Latin-2 boundary.
<P>I look forward any comments you might have, but especially about the
value of my endeavors and the ease of use provided by my manner of presentation
on the Web. Since I never expect to make any money from this kind of work,
I need some encouragement to continue along this line -- I realize that
the audience for this sort of material is quite small. Typing in the material
(it cannot be scanned for a number of reasons) is arduous and time-consuming,
and my time may be better spent on other projects.
<P>Finally, I would ask a favor: since I do not have access to the libraries
in Slovenia, if anyone has information about Giuseppe Premru's life or
can obtain a picture of him, I would greatly appreciate it you could pass
them along to me.
<P>A little background about me: I am linguist with expertise in computers.
While I have a Ph.D. in linguistics, I have been programming since I took
a course in high school in 1964. Having taught linguistics, anthropology,
and English at various universities, I currently teach computer programming
in a high school in Toronto, Canada. I continue my association with academia
by participating in the Society for Slovene Studies. If you are interested
in my other activities, you can view my curriculum vitae at:
<BR><A HREF="http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~stermole/CVL2.html">http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~stermole/CVL2.html</A>
<BR>It contains links to numerous other web sites I have created.
<P>lp
<BR>David
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