Farhad Fatkullin
Farhad Fatkullin | |
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social activist | |
Awards | Wikimedian of the Year (2018) |
Website | http://frhd.narod.ru/, http://sikzn.narod.ru/index/0-4 |
Farhad Nail Fatkullin (
Biography
Fatkullin was born on November 2, 1979, in Kazan. He is married, with two children.[4]
Education
- 1986–1993: Kazan High school No.123 with in-depth study of French language.
- 1993–1997: Ertugrul GaziTatar-Turkish high school, Kazan.
- 1995–1997: Clayton High School, Missouri, USA.
- 1997–2002: Kazan State Finance and Economics Institute, Economy of Enterprise—Finance management.
- 2004–2008: Institute of Social and Humanitarian Knowledge, Kazan, faculty of interpretation.[4]
In addition, he speaks Tatar, Russian, English, French, Turkish, and Italian.[4]
Professional activities
Teacher of "Risk Management" (in English) at Kazan State Finance and Economics Institute (Russia) and State University of New York at Canton (USA).
Interpreter of translation sector, State Protocol Department of the
Has a lengthy record of many other translation activities at numerous political, educational, cultural and business events.[5][6][7]
In 2020, he was included by President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov into the Commission for Preservation and Development of the Tatar language consisting of 35 high-profile language and culture specialists.[8]
Current Wikimedia projects
Farhad is involved in a large number of volunteering initiatives related to global Wikimedia movement and to development of Wikipedias in languages of Russia. In 2018, at the moment his Wikimedian of the Year award was announced by Jimmy Wales at Wikimania in Cape Town, Farhad was busy at home simultaneously translating live broadcast from Wikimania for Russian Wikipedians (without knowing he was going to be awarded).[10]
Fatkullin is a member of
References
- ^ "Farkhad Fatkullin named Wikimedian of the Year for 2018". Wikimedia Foundation. 26 July 2018.
- ^ Премия за хобби (in Russian). Rossiyskaya Gazeta. 25 July 2018.
- Tass.
- ^ a b c "Curriculum Vitae".
- ^ "Simultaneous interpretation". frhd.narod.ru.
- ^ "SHY/MEL conferences interpretation". frhd.narod.ru.
- ^ "Other experience". frhd.narod.ru.
- ^ Список Ахметова: названы 35 человек, которые должны спасти татарский язык (in Russian)
- ^ wmru:Викимедиа:Членство/en#user-frhdkazan
- Russian Wikinews, 23.07.2018
Interviews in English
- Wikipedia Signpost, August 30, 2018
- "People who criticize Wikipedia are absolutely right…". Realnoe Vremya. August 2, 2018.
- Set of video interviews on Facebook (August 17, 2018)
- Farhad Fatkullin, 2018 Wikimedian of the Year, looks back on his successes and forward to what’s next — Wikmedia News, August, 14 2019