Myanmar-English Dictionary 3585141 219698458 2008-06-16T13:46:32Z Viskonsas 4128994 moved [[Myanmar English Dictionary]] to [[Myanmar-English Dictionary]] {{Orphan|date=November 2006}} '''Myanmar-English Dictionary''' is a modern [[Burma]] Government project, first published in [[1993]] by the [[Government of Myanmar]] Language Department. It is a guide dictionary for translating between English and the [[Burmese language|Myanmar Language]]. It recorded the members of the Myanmar Language Commission and the two Myanmar-English Dictionary Work Committees who participated in the compilation of this dictionary. ==Members of the Myanmar Language Commission== #U Ba Nyunt, Retired Professor of History (deceased) #U Chan Tha, "Letwe Minnyo", "Letyar Sanhta", Retired Chairman, Bureau of Special Investigation (deceased) #U [[Hla Pe]], "Dagon U Hla Pe" (deceased) #U San Htun, "San Htun, Man Tekkatho" (deceased) #U San Ngwe, "Dagon U San Ngwe" (deceased) #U Thaw Zin, "Thaw Zin" (deceased) #U Aung Thaw, Retired Director General, Department of Archaeology #U Hla Shwe, Retired Rector, University of Mandalay #U Htin Gyi, "Tekkatho Htin Gyi" Retired Director, [[Sarpay Beikhman]] #U Htin Fatt, "Maung Htin" Retired Editor and Consultant, [[Burma Translation Society]] #Daw Kyan, "Ma Kyan", Retired Senior Research Officer, Historical Commission #Daw Myint Than, "Kahtika Daw Myint Than", Retired Lecturer in Burma #Daw Ohn Khin, Retired Lecturer in Burma #U Soe Maung, "Thagara Nga Soe", Retired Chief Editor, Burma Ah-lin Daily #Daw Than Swe, "Mya Myinzu", Retired Professor of Burma #U Win Pe, "Mya Zin", "Win Pe", Retired Director General, Department of National Archives #Daw Yin Yin, "[[Saw Mon Nyin]]" ==Myanmar-English Dictionary Work Committee== #U Htut Htut Aung,Professor of English, deputy manager #U Ba Nyunt, Member of the Myanmar Language Commission, Chairman (deceased) #U Htin Gyi, Member of the Myanmar Language Commission, Member #Daw Kyan, Member of the Myanmar Language Commission, Member #Dr Than Htun, Member of the Myanmar Language Commission, Member #U Thaw Kaung, Librarian, Universities' Library, Member #U Thi Ha, Retired Professor of English, Member #Staff members, Department of the Myanmar Language Commission ==Myanmar-English Dictionary Work Committee== #U Hla Shwe, Member of the Myanmar Language Commission, Chairman #U Htin Fatt, Member of the Myanmar Language Commission,, Member #Daw Myint Than, Member of the Myanmar Language Commission, Member #U Than Htut, Member of the Myanmar Language Commission, Member #U Win Pe, Member of the Myanmar Language Commission, Member #Daw Hla Mae, Retired Lecturer in English, Member #Daw Hpwa Yin, Retired Lecturer in English, Member #Daw Khin Kyi Kyi, Retired Lecturer in English, Member #Daw Khin Mae, Retired Lecturer in English, Member #U Ko Ko, Retired Secretary, Myanmar Red Cross Society, Member (deceased) #U Myint Kyi "Tekkatho Myat Soe", Member #Staff members, Department of the Myanmar Language Commission The first English-Burmese Dictionary was compiled and published by [[Adoniram Judson]], and is still available in a new revision. ''U Tun Nyein'':[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0007JN2Y0] dictionary and ''Tet Toe'' Dictionary are famous among Burmese students. [[Hla Pe]] (who was Professor of Burmese at the [[University of London]] 1948-1980) worked with others on the ''[[A Burmese-English dictionary|Burmese-English dictionary]]'' project, which began in 1925 under the aegis of the [[Burma Research Society]], was continued at the [[University of Yangon|University of Rangoon]] and then the [[School of Oriental and African Studies]] (London). This small group completed 5 volumes of the dictionary, each 80 large-format pages, but it remains incomplete. Other participants were [[J. A. Stewart]], [[C. W. Dunn]], [[J S Furnivall|J.S. Furnivall]], [[Gordon H Luce]], [[Charles Duroiselle]], [[Anna Allott]], [[John Okell]] and, from the United States, R. Halliday and A. C. Hanna. [[Oxford Dictionary]] 4th editor [[C. T. Onions]] said "A [[lexicographer]]'s life is a dog's life, but a lexicographer generally lives to an old age". This is true of several contributors to these Burmese dictionaries. [[Category:Burmese culture]] [[Category:Burmese language]] [[Category:Burmese dictionaries]]