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Biography
My surname is more correctly spelled Färber. I studied Celtic Philology and (Historical) Linguistics in Bonn with Karl Horst Schmidt; worked for several years in technical, educational and games software localization. I specialized in non-technical language to open up technical content to 'non-technical' users, copy-editing, terminology, quality control, creating and customizing glossaries. I tested software for major vendors, used TMs, and CAT. In 2000 I came to CELT, UCC. Since then Manager and Editor of a TEI-XML encoded corpus of multilingual documents: Irish of all periods, English, Latin, German, and other languages. MPhil in History 2013 with a thesis on Keating's Foras Feasa ar Éirinn in manuscripts, print, and electronic edition. I was awarded my PhD in Modern Irish on two Irish translations of Bernard de Gordon's medical treatise De Decem Ingeniis curandorum morborum.
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Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 4 Quality Education
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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An annotated edition of two Irish translations of Bernard de Gordon, De Decem Ingeniis
Färber, B., Jun 2025, 436 p.Research output: Types of thesis › Doctoral thesis
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Reyszbüchlein desz Ehrwürdigen Herrn Thomas Carve Irrländers, des Edlen Gestrengen Walteri Deveroux, Käys. May. wohlbestelten Obristen
Färber, B. (Editor), Feb 2025, Cork: Corpus of Electronic Texts. 371 p.Research output: Book/Report › Anthology/Edited volume › peer-review
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Über den Ton der Gesellschaft in Edingburg: Aus dem Tagebuche eines Reisenden
Färber, B. (Translator), Voght, C. & Hennings, E., 26 Nov 2025, Cork: Corpus of Electronic Texts. 34 p.Translated title of the contribution :On the Tone in Edinburgh's Society Research output: Book/Report › Anthology/Edited volume
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Carl Gottlob Küttner: In Search of an Older Ireland
Färber, B., Nov 2024, History in Stories: The Irish Past and the Challenges of the Present. Bergmann, I. & Eisenmann, M. (eds.). Berlin: Peter Lang Publishing Group, Vol. 70. p. 61-73 (Anglo-Amerikanische Studien/Anglo-American Studies).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedings › Chapter › peer-review
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Developing a Digital Framework for the Medieval Gaelic World
Färber, B., Toner, G., Stifter, D., Cnockaert-Guillou, N. (Editor), Ní Mhaonaigh, M., Tucker, J., Hayden, D. & Yocum, C. G., 2022, 52 p. Online : Digital Humanities Research Network 2020–21.Research output: Other output › peer-review
Open Access
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Medical tracts in Early Modern Ireland: on the principles of health and disease in Irish translations of Bernard de Gordon
Färber, B. (Speaker)
29 Aug 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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The Hurdles of Gaelic Typeface in the Digitisation of Irish Early Printed Books
Färber, B. (Speaker)
26 May 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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C.G. Küttner: In Search of an Older Ireland
Faerber, B. (Speaker)
1 Jul 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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Enseñar el vasco a germanohablantes
Färber, B. (Speaker)
12 Apr 2019 → 13 Apr 2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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Montpellier Learning through an Irish Lens
Färber, B. (Speaker)
25 Feb 2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation