Samir Mane at the 2025 Book Fair: “Information Technology Dictionary”, a contribution to the Albanian language and education

2025-11-14 17:55:39Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Samir Mane at the 2025 Book Fair: “Information Technology
Samir Mane at the 2025 Book Fair

The “Dictionary of Information Technology” is presented at the 2025 Book Fair, as a publication that comes to the aid of students and all those who are passionate about profiled words and expressions that are widely used by the public today. The work on the Albanian-English and English-Albanian dictionary has been supported by the Mane Foundation. Its founder, Samir Mane, spoke with authors and readers who expressed interest during his visit to the fair.

This work, the result of several years of research by Erion Çano and Edmond Tupja, contains over 6,000 words and offers an in-depth scientific approach to information technology terminology. During the meeting with them, Samir Mane praised the dedicated work of the authors and announced that the Mane Foundation will donate a number of copies of the dictionary to universities, so that as many young people as possible will have the opportunity to consult it. “I believe in technology and the progress it brings, however, it sounds better if everyone approaches it with the adaptations of words in their own language,” said Samir Mane. He added that the dictionary will also serve as an additional source of knowledge for information technology specialists in the companies of the BALFIN Group, describing the publication as an important professional and cultural instrument between technology and the Albanian language.

Researcher Erion Çano, an expert in computational linguistics, emphasized the long research work and expressed his satisfaction with the reception that the reader has given him. He mentioned some of the extraordinary developments that are taking place today in the field of information technology and especially artificial intelligence, emphasizing that the information technology dictionary and similar publications help a lot in staying up to date with these innovations.

Meanwhile, linguist and translator Edmond Tupja stressed the importance of preserving the purity of the Albanian language at a time when the influence of foreign terms in everyday life is increasing. He humorously calls on all young people to visit the book fair, because, as Shakespeare would say, "to read or not to read, that is the question."

The Mane Foundation has placed education at the center of its mission since its establishment in 2023. The Foundation has supported many initiatives to improve the education system, from equipping universities with modern laboratories, renovating schools and kindergartens, to involving BALFIN Group professionals to share their expertise with students across the country.


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