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UVA Library Staff Language Proficiencies

Language Proficiencies

Please use the Staff Directory to contact the individuals listed below.

Key to proficiency levels
Advanced -  read, translate, speak fluently
Intermediate  - read, translate
Minimal - read with help of a dictionary (listed only for uncommon languages)   

  • Arabic: A. Parks (Intermediate); Azizi (Minimal)
  • Catalan: Valladares-Llata (Intermediate)
  • Chinese: Fu, Sun, W. Wang (Advanced)
  • Farsi: Azizi (Advanced)
  • French: Garcia, Purpur, Slaughter (Advanced); Barham, Coleman, Kessler, Valladares-Llata (Intermediate)
  • German: Shepherd (Advanced)
  • Greek (Classical): Barham (Advanced)
  • Greek (Koine): Barham (Intermediate)
  • Hebrew: Azizi (Intermediate)
  • Hindi: Thokmey (Advanced)
  • Hungarian: Barham (Minimal)
  • Irish Gaeilge: Gillilan (Minimal)
  • Italian: Stalnaker, Valladares-Llata (Intermediate)
  • Japanese: Fu (Intermediate)
  • Korean: Harris (Advanced)
  • Ladakhi: Thokmey (Advanced)
  • Latin: Barham (Advanced)
  • Middle English: Jensen (Intermediate)
  • Polish: Setaro (Advanced)
  • Portuguese: Wolnick (Advanced); Valladares-Llata (Intermediate)
  • Russian: Hjerpe, Pappas, Setaro (Intermediate)
  • Sanskrit: Barham (Minimal)
  • Spanish: Garcia, Purpur, Valladares-Llata (Advanced); Cooper, Jensen (Intermediate)
  • Tibetan: Thokmey (Advanced)
  • Ukrainian: Pappas (Intermediate)

 

Edited 2025-06-23, cs7ww