User:Edgardo Donovan

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Edgardo Donovan (a.k.a. Eddie Donovan) is an accomplished linguist, technologist, and entrepreneur. He was born in Milan, attended elementary school in the United States, and attended high school in Italy. He returned to the United States to attend Boston University and subsequently Harvard University. Edgardo holds an Associates Degree in Persian-Farsi from the Defense Language Institute (Monterey, California) as well as a Bachelors of Science Degree in Business Administration from Excelsior College (Albany, New York).

Edgardo works for the US Department of Defense. He also manages iDonovan an international recruiting database service localized for 67 countries and NETworldwide an online technology tradeshow. Previously, he was the Director of Web Marketing/Design in Dublin, Ireland for the financial services division of First-e Group PLC one of Europe's largest e-Banks valued at 1.6 billion euros at the time (UNOfirst). Prior to that, Eddie was the Webmaster/Electronic Marketing Specialist in Boston, Massachusetts for Process Software Corporation a 120 employee $25M software engineering firm.

Aside from this, he is also a hyperpolyglot and can speak, read, and understand 30 languages 8 of which he has tested via the US State Department's standardized proficiency exam (DLPT):

1. Alsatian (DLPT Listening N/A / Reading N/A / Speaking N/A)

2. Brazilian Portuguese (DLPT Listening 3 / Reading 3 / Speaking N/A)

3. Castilian (DLPT Listening N/A / Reading N/A / Speaking N/A)

4. Catalan (DLPT Listening N/A / Reading N/A / Speaking N/A)

5. Corsican (DLPT Listening N/A / Reading N/A / Speaking N/A)

6. Creole (DLPT Listening N/A / Reading N/A / Speaking N/A)

7. Creole Patois (DLPT Listening N/A / Reading N/A / Speaking N/A)

8. Dari (DLPT Listening N/A / Reading N/A / Speaking N/A)

9. English (DLPT Listening N/A / Reading N/A / Speaking N/A)

10. European Portuguese (DLPT Listening 2+ / Reading 2+ / Speaking N/A)

11. French (DLPT Listening 3 / Reading 3 / Speaking N/A)

12. French Patois (DLPT Listening N/A / Reading N/A / Speaking N/A)

13. Galician (DLPT Listening N/A / Reading N/A / Speaking N/A)

14. German (DLPT Listening 1 / Reading 1+ / Speaking N/A)

15. Italian (DLPT Listening 3 / Reading 3 / Speaking N/A)

16. Latin (DLPT Listening N/A / Reading N/A / Speaking N/A)

17. Mirandese (DLPT Listening N/A / Reading N/A / Speaking N/A)

18. Moldovan (DLPT Listening N/A / Reading N/A / Speaking N/A)

19. Norman (DLPT Listening N/A / Reading N/A / Speaking N/A)

20. Neopolitan (DLPT Listening N/A / Reading N/A / Speaking N/A)

21. Occitan (DLPT Listening N/A / Reading N/A / Speaking N/A)

22. Papiamentu (DLPT Listening N/A / Reading N/A / Speaking N/A)

23. Pashtu (DLPT Listening N/A / Reading N/A / Speaking N/A)

24. Persian/Farsi (DLPT Listening 2+ / Reading 2 / Speaking 2)

25. Portunol (DLPT Listening N/A / Reading N/A / Speaking N/A)

26. Romanian (DLPT Listening 1+ / Reading 2 / Speaking N/A)

27. Romansh (DLPT Listening N/A / Reading N/A / Speaking N/A)

28. Sardinian (DLPT Listening N/A / Reading N/A / Speaking N/A)

29. Sicilian (DLPT Listening N/A / Reading N/A / Speaking N/A)

30. Spanish (DLPT Listening 3 / Reading 3 / Speaking N/A)

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