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Madura Kulatunga

Founder of Madura English-Sinhala Dictionary

Madura Kulatunga (Sinhala: මධුර කුලතුංග; born March 23, 1980) is a Sri Lankan software engineer and the founder of Madura English–Sinhala Dictionary.[1][2][3]

Madura Kulatunga
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Madura Kulatunga in May 2014
Born (1980-03-23) March 23, 1980 (age 44)
Matara, Sri Lanka
NationalitySri Lankan
EducationMSc IT
Alma materSikkim Manipal University
OccupationSoftware engineer
Years active2002–present
Known forFounder of Madura English–Sinhala Dictionary
Websitewww.maduraonline.com

Early life

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Kulatunga studied at Royal College, Colombo 7 and earn his Master of Science in Information Technology degree in Sikkim Manipal University.[4][5] He is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer.[6][7]

Career

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Kulatunga saw an opportunity to transform the printed English-Sinhala dictionaries,[8][9][10] which was difficult to use.[11][12][13] He decided to create an electronic English-Sinhala dictionary.[14][15][16] Then he went on to develop the Madura English–Sinhala Dictionary computer software which has popular in Sri Lanka.[17][18][19] He was the founder of the world's first online English-Sinhala dictionary.[20][21][22][23]

References

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  1. ↑ 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 23 November 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "Madura Kulatunga, a commendable contribution". The Island (Sri Lanka) – Watchout. Upali Newspapers. 24 May 2015. p. 15. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015.
  3. ↑ Devapriya, Uditha (21 June 2015). "Madura's story". The Nation (Sri Lanka) – insight. Rivira Media Corporation. p. i10. Archived from the original on 29 July 2016.
  4. ↑ Wickramasinghe, Kamanthi (15 July 2015). "A humble success story Madura Kulatunga". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka) – Features. Wijeya Newspapers. pp. A12–A13.
  5. ↑ "Effectively bridging the language gap". Ceylon Today – Hello. Ceylon Newspapers. 26 July 2015. p. 2. Archived from the original on 29 July 2016.
  6. ↑ Karunamuni, Kanchana (8 August 2015). "'මේ වෙනකොට ලක්ෂ නවයක් මධුර ශබ්දකෝෂය බාගත කරගෙන' මධුර කුලතුංග" ['Up to date nine lakhs have downloaded Madura Dictionary' Madura Kulatunga]. Dinamina – Features (in Sinhala). Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited. p. 20. Archived from the original on 23 November 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  7. ↑ "Madura Kulatunga's Notable Achievements". The Sunday Leader – Weekend Leader. Leader Publications. 30 August 2015. p. 2. Archived from the original on 23 November 2018.
  8. ↑ "මධුර ඉංගීසි – සිංහල ශබ්දකෝෂය නිර්මාණය කළ මධුර කුලතුංග" [Madura English–Sinhala Dictionary creator Madura Kulatunga]. Silumina – Guru Gedara (in Sinhala). Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited. 27 September 2015. p. 39. Archived from the original on 23 November 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  9. ↑ "The generosity of Madura Kulatunga". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka) – Education Times 2. Wijeya Newspapers. 27 September 2015. p. 4.
  10. ↑ "ඉංගීසි භාෂාව සිංහලයට සමීප කළ "මධුර"" [English language made closer to Sinhalese by "Madura"] (PDF). Rajina – Loka Lama Dinaya (in Sinhala). Sumathi Newspapers (Pvt) Ltd. 2 October 2015. p. 23. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 July 2017.
  11. ↑ Senanayake, Palitha (18 October 2015). "ඉලෙක්‌ටොනික මාධ තුළින් ඉංගීසි සිංහලට සමීප කළ මධුර" [Through electronic media English made closer to Sinhalese by Madura]. Divaina – Features (in Sinhala). Upali Newspapers. p. X. Archived from the original on 23 November 2018.
  12. ↑ Rathnaveil, Ravi (18 October 2015). "යටත්වීම වෙනුවට සටන් කිරීමෙන් උපන් මධුර ශබ්දකෝෂය" [Instead of surrender Madura Dictionary was born fighting]. Irudina – Pitu 8 (in Sinhala). Leader Publications. p. VIII.
  13. ↑ "The Story Behind 'Madura'". The Sunday Leader – Business. Leader Publications. 1 November 2015. p. 28. Archived from the original on 23 November 2018.
  14. ↑ Wanninayaka, Gemunu; Liyanage, Dinithi (13 November 2015). "Nagena Ira Program With Madura Kulatunge (Madura English–Sinhala Dictionary Maker) 2015-11-13". RanOne FM. EAP Broadcasting Company Limited. Archived from the original on 29 July 2016.
  15. ↑ "Get the word right with Madura". Business LK Magazine. 1 January 2016. pp. 92–95.
  16. ↑ Muthumalie, Aruni (24 January 2016). "ගහ බලපෑම් පරදා කාටත් වැඩක් ගත හැකි On line ශබ්දකෝෂයක් තැනූ මධුර කුලතුංග" [Defeating astrology effects and developed useful online dictionary for everyone by Madura Kulatunga]. Silumina – Sithmalyaya (in Sinhala). Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited. p. 28. Archived from the original on 23 November 2018.
  17. ↑ "Madura Kulatunga Beyond the written word". The Island (Sri Lanka) – YOUth. Upali Newspapers. 11 December 2016. pp. 8–9.
  18. ↑ "Madura Kulatunga Reflections on the world of dictionaries". Esteem Magazine. 1 April 2017. pp. 54–56. Archived from the original on 23 November 2018.
  19. ↑ "The story of Madura". Ceylon Today – Hello. Ceylon Newspapers. 25 June 2017. p. 14. Archived from the original on 2 July 2017.
  20. ↑ "මධුර ශබ්දකෝෂය නිර්මාණය කළ මධුර කුලතුංග" [Madura Dictionary creator Madura Kulatunga]. Resa – CYBER ROUNDUP (in Sinhala). Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited. 29 January 2018. p. 2. Archived from the original on 23 November 2018. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  21. ↑ Devapriya, Uditha (27 September 2018). "Beyond the written word". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka) – Features. Wijeya Newspapers. pp. A18. Archived from the original on 23 November 2018.
  22. ↑ "Madura Kulatunga, the Founder and Owner of The Madura English-Sinhala Dictionary". Hi!!. 12 October 2020. Archived from the original on 4 March 2021.
  23. ↑ "English - Sinhala Dictionary in the computer". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka) – Financial Times. Wijeya Newspapers. 26 January 2004. Archived from the original on 28 June 2015.

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