Madura Kulatunga | |
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![]() Madura Kulatunga in May 2014 | |
Born | |
Nationality | Sri Lankan |
Education | MSc IT |
Alma mater | Sikkim Manipal University |
Occupation | IT professional |
Years active | 2002–present |
Known for | Developer of Madura English-Sinhala Dictionary |
Website | maduraonline |
Madura Kulatunga (Sinhala: මධුර කුලතුංග; born 23 March 1980) is a Sri Lankan information technology professional who developed the Madura English-Sinhala Dictionary.[1][2]
Early life and education
Madura Kulatunga was born into a Sinhalese Buddhist family in Matara, Sri Lanka, the only child of civil servants.[3][4][1] Kulatunga attended the Royal College, Colombo[5], studied information technology at National Youth Center, Maharagama.[3], then earned a Master of Science in Information Technology degree from Sikkim Manipal University.[6] He is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer.[2]
Software development
With English as his second language, Kulatunga had difficulty reading, writing and speaking English.[7] To address this problem for himself and other Sri Lankans, Kulatunga worked on developing a new electronic English-Sinhala dictionary based on the current dictionaries, particularly the popular Malalasekera English-Sinhala dictionary.[3][8][5][6]
On 23 November 2002, Kulatunga launched the electronic Madura English-Sinhala Dictionary CD which he sold for 200 rupees each.[3] In 2008, he opened a free internet version of the dictionary, which became the first online English-Sinhala dictionary.[8] He also created an android app of the dictionary.[3] Kulatunga later admitted that he infringed on the copyright of the Malalasekera English-Sinhala dictionary in creating his own software but stated that it was a mistake of youthful naiveté and that he no longer violated copyright law.[3]
In September 2009, Kulatunga gave a presentation on the dictionary for the University of Moratuwa's "Symposium on Localised Systems and Applications."[8]
References
- ^ a b Kodagoda, Anuradha (17 May 2015). "Madura's moxie". Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka) - Youth Observer. Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited. pp. 8–9. Archived from the original on 2 September 2015.
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- ^ a b "Effectively bridging the language gap". Ceylon Today - Hello. Ceylon Newspapers. 26 July 2015. p. 2. Archived from the original on 2 September 2015.
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