The corpus is a product of the interdisciplinary research project Languages in Contrast (SPRIK).
Project management
- Stig Johansson
- Cathrine Fabricius-Hansen
Programme development
- Knut Hofland (Translation Corpus Aligner)
- Jarle Ebeling (Translation Corpus Explorer, PerlTCE, and database development)
- Lars Wilhelmsen (PerlTCE)
Other members
The following people have contributed to the compilation of the OMC (e.g. preparation of texts, proof-reading, alignment, programming):
Research assistants on the project Languages in Contrast
- Maria Filiouchkina Krave, research assistant (2004- ) (admin., preparation of texts, proof-reading, alignment, web admin.);
- Wiebke Ramm, research assistant (2001-2002) (admin., preparation of texts, proof-reading, alignment, web admin.);
- Torgrim Solstad, research assistant (1999-2001) (admin., preparation of texts, proof-reading, alignment, web admin.)
Co-workers on the OMC
- Jarle Ebeling, preparation of texts, proof-reading, alignment, programming;
- Signe Oksefjell Ebeling, admin., preparation of texts, proof-reading, alignment, web admin.
Proof-readers
- Terje Svardal (German).
- Beate Trandem (French).
The Languages in Contrast project has initiated a collaboration with the Text Laboratory, University of Oslo, where Lars Nygaard, in particular, will contribute with programming and corpus development.
In addition mention must be made of all co-workers on the ENPC (before the OMC was launched), the English-Swedish Parallel Corpus (ESPC), and The Finnish-English Contrastive Corpus Studies (FECCS) Project.
At the moment there is no one working full-time developing and administering the OMC; questions or comments regarding the corpus can be directed to Professor Signe Oksefjell Ebeling.
Acknowledgements
First and foremost words of thanks are extended to the authors, translators, and publishers that have granted permission to use their works for the purpose of academic research.
As part of the project Languages in Contrast (SPRIK), the OMC has indirectly benefited financially from two sources; thanks are due to the Faculty of Humanities, University of Oslo and the Norwegian Research Council (NFR).