Aino Jõgi (née Aino Nõmm; October 2, 1922 – January 15, 2013) was an Estonian linguist, emeritus associate professor of English philology at the

University of Tartu The University of Tartu (UT; ; ) is a public research university located in the city of Tartu, Estonia. It is the national university of Estonia. It is also the largest and oldest university in the country.

, and translator.

Family

Aino Jõgi was born in Abja,

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, the daughter of Jaan Nõmm (né Rosenblatt, 1880–1947) and Leena Nõmm (née Kangur, 1897–1987), and she grew up on a farm in the

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region. She married Aksel Jõgi (1925–2003).

Education

In 1941, Jõgi graduated from the Viljandi Estonian Education Society's private high school for girls, and from 1945 to 1950 she studied English philology at the University of Tartu. In 1971, she defended her philology thesis ''Inglise päritolu sõnad eesti keeles'' (Words of English Origin in Estonian).

Career

After graduating, Jõgi was a lecturer at the

, where she worked until her retirement in 1992. She taught lexicology and English as a main subject and prepared teaching materials. She was one of the authors of ''Inglise-eesti sõnaraamat'' / ''English-Estonian Dictionary'', published by Koolibri in 2002 (coauthored with Laine Hone, Amanda Kriit, and Ilmar Anvelt). Jõgi translated fairy tales and children's books from Estonian to English, as well as

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's '' Kevade'' (Spring; co-translator Melanie Rauk). She translated fiction and documentaries from English to Estonian (mainly for the Olion publishing house), such as the works of

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, and Mary Stewart.

Bibliography

*1959: ''Texts for Biologists'' (Tartu: Tartu State University) *1960: ''Texts for Mathematicians'' (Tartu: Tartu State University) *1963: ''Texts for Geographers'' (Tartu: Tartu State University) *1971: "Inglise laenude häälikja kirjakuju muganemine," in ''Keel ja kirjandus'' 14: 80 *1971: ''Слова английского происхождения в эстонском языке'' (Tartu: Tartu State University) *1974: ''Texts for Defectologists'' (Tartu: Tartu State University) *1977: ''On Field Approach in Linguistics'' *1981: ''Three Short Stories with Exercises'' (Tartu: Tartu State University) *1983: ''English Loanwords in Estonian'' (Jyväskylä) *1989: "Inglise keele mõjust väliseesti ilukirjanduse sõnavarale ja sõnakasutusele," in ''Keel ja kirjandus'' 32(11): 649 *1991: "Inglise keele interferentsist välis-eesti ilu- ja ajakirjanduskeele grammatikas," in ''Keel ja kirjandus'' 34(2): 81 *2002: ''Inglise-eesti sõnaraamat'' / ''English-Estonian Dictionary'' (Tallinn: Koolibri; with Ilmar Anvelt, and Amanda Kriit, and Laine Hone) *2014: ''Inglise päritolu sõnad eesti keeles'' (Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus; with

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)

References

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