A great loss to our efforts as translators and community. Let us pray for him and hope that his work will be continued by others with a similar enthusiasm and dedication.<br><br>On Friday, 2 September 2016, Amir E. Aharoni &lt;<a href="mailto:amir.aharoni@mail.huji.ac.il">amir.aharoni@mail.huji.ac.il</a>&gt; wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="rtl"><div dir="ltr">This is very sad.<br><br></div><div dir="ltr">He was not only a prolific translator, but a prolific bug reporter, too.<br><br></div><div dir="ltr">May he rest in peace.<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br>--<br>Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי<br><a href="http://aharoni.wordpress.com" target="_blank">http://aharoni.wordpress.com</a><br>‪“We&#39;re living in pieces,<br>I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore‬</div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">2016-09-02 22:38 GMT+03:00 Johan Jönsson <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="javascript:_e(%7B%7D,&#39;cvml&#39;,&#39;jjonsson@wikimedia.org&#39;);" target="_blank">jjonsson@wikimedia.org</a>&gt;</span>:</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi everyone,<div><br>One of the most active members of our small translator community and on this list, Purodha, has passed away, his <a href="http://www.seidenstadt-piraten.de/2016/08/26/wir-trauern-farewell-purodha/" target="_blank">political party states</a>. On his Meta talk page, he reported having had a serious health breakdown in mid-August, but was recovering and even resumed translating. Unfortunately, his recovery didn&#39;t last long. We&#39;ll have fewer Ripuarian translations in the future.<br><div><br></div><div>He was active in the German-speaking community and there&#39;s a condolences page on German Wikipedia:<br><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benutzer:Purodha/Kondolenzliste" target="_blank">https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/<wbr>Benutzer:Purodha/Kondolenzlist<wbr>e</a></div><span><font color="#888888"><div><br></div><div>//Johan Jönsson</div><div>-- </div></font></span></div></div>
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