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Kató Lomb
Hungarian interpreter, translator, and author of several books on language learning · Hungary · On the map · Writers · Lived 1909 to 2003 · aged 94
Kató Lomb was a Hungarian interpreter, translator and one of the first simultaneous interpreters in the world. Originally educated in chemistry and physics, her interest soon led her to languages.
Kató Lomb is read about 85 times a day, in 21 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 19 June 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
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About this person
Native in Hungarian, she could interpret fluently in nine or ten languages, translated technical literature, and read belles-lettres in six languages. She understood journalism in a further 11 languages. She stated that she worked professionally with 16 languages, which she learnt from self-study due to her interest in them.
