Birth Name:

Kató Lomb

Female

Birth Date:

Mon, Feb 08, 1909

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Pécs, Baranya, Hungary

Age:

115

Zodiac Sign:

Aquarius

Astrology Data:

Sun

19°

Aqu

4'

About Kató Lomb

Kató Lomb (8 February 1909 – 9 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.[citation needed]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)[citation needed]. She learned these languages mostly by self-effort, as an autodidact.[citation needed] Her aims to acquire these languages were most of all practical, to satisfy her interest.

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• Kató Lomb's Strategies for Language Learning and SLA Theory (International Journal of Foreign Language Teaching, Fall 2005) – Permanent link by WebCite

• The secrets of learning a new language (a TED talk by Lýdia Machová), with very similar conclusions based on asking multiple polyglots; practically a 21st-century implementation of Dr. Lomb's ideas

• Russian version of her book This is how I learn languages for download (click the link and choose the book "Как я изучаю языки")

• Books on learning languages (mentioning the Japanese translation of her book)

• Links in Google to the Russian translation

Birth Chart and Planetary Positions of Kató Lomb

Astrological portrait of Kató Lomb

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Kató Lomb: Sun 19 Aquarius, Moon 22 Virgo, Mercury 25 Aquarius, Venus 29 Capricorn, Mars 19 Sagittarius, Jupiter 12 Virgo, Saturn 6 Aries, Uranus 18 Capricorn, Neptune 14 Cancer, Pluto 23 Gemini, Sun Trine Pluto, Sun Conjunct Mercury, Sun Sextile Mars, Sun Semi Square Saturn, Sun Semi Sextile Uranus, Mercury Trine Pluto, Venus Sesquiquadrate Jupiter, Mars Semi Sextile Uranus, Mars Opposition Pluto, Jupiter Sextile Neptune, Uranus Opposition Neptune

Categories related to Kató Lomb: February 8 births, 2003 deaths, 20th-century translators, 20th-century linguists, 1909 births, Linguists from Hungary, Hungarian translators, 20th-century Hungarian women writers