人小志大 9岁巴基斯坦女童成微软认证专家

作者： CNET科技资讯网 翻译：李海

CNETNews.com.cn 2005-07-19 09:1 AM

CNET科技资讯网7月19日国际报道 一位9岁的巴基斯坦女孩已经被授予微软认证专家称号。

来自巴基斯坦木尔坦市的Arfa Karim已被正式授予微软认证专家（MCP）称号，她是该国历史上上最年轻的微软认证专家，也成为世界最年轻的微软认证专家之一。现年10岁的Karim上周与微软主比尔盖茨进行了会面，这次会面，她随后认为是仅次于参观迪斯尼乐园的重要体验。

为了获得微软认证专家称号，一个人需要精通.Net，Visual Studio 6.0以及Windows Server 2003三个领域的知识。

微软工具部门的副总裁S. "Soma" Somasegar透露，当Karim的父亲给她带回一台主要用于收发电子邮件的电脑时，Karim相当的兴奋。

Somasegar上周在他的网络日志中写道：“她长大以后的梦想是可以在哈佛念书，在象微软这样的公司就职，然后回到巴基斯坦进行卫星工程的技术创新工作。”

Somasegar认为，Karim是世界上年龄最小的微软认证专家，但据亚洲新闻频道报道，世界上最年轻的微软认证专家应该是印度的Mridul Seth，2004年，Mridul Seth获得微软认证专家称号，当时只有8岁。

微软方面透露，Karim是此次唯一一个年龄在10岁以下的微软认证专家 。(编辑：孙莹)

Arfa Karim 谈与比尔盖茨的会面：

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/audio/bishop/arfagates.mp3  时间：1分40秒

Arfa Karim谈她开发的程序及使用的编程语言：http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/audio/bishop/arfaprograms.mp3 时间：1分01秒

Arfa Karim谈未来计划：

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/audio/bishop/arfacollege.mp3  时间：1分23秒

Arfa Karim背诵自己的人生信条：

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/audio/bishop/arfamantra.mp3  时间：14秒

来源：seattlepi.com

9-year-old earns accolade as Microsoft pro

By Colin Barker
Special to CNET News.com

A Pakistani girl has qualified as a Microsoft Certified Professional at the age of 9.

Arfa Karim of Multan has officially become the youngest MCP in Pakistan, and one of the youngest in the world. Karim, now 10, met with Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates last week–an experience she later described as second only to visiting Disneyland.

To attain the credential–at any age–a person has to display technical proficiency in areas such as .Net, Visual Studio 6.0 and Windows Server 2003.

Karim got excited about technology, when her father bought her a computer–primarily to use for e-mail, according to S. "Soma" Somasegar, a corporate vice president in Microsoft’s tools division.

"What she wants to do as she grows up–she would love to study at Harvard, work in a company like Microsoft and go back to Pakistan to do technology innovations in the field of satellite engineering," Somasegar wrote in his blog last week.

Somasegar describes her as the youngest MCP in the world, but according to a Channel News Asia report, the youngest ever to attain that qualification is India’s Mridul Seth, who is said to have gained it at age 8 in November 2004.

According to Microsoft, Karim is part of a select group, as one of only a few certified professionals in the world to qualify below the age of 10.

Karim has been honored for her achievement by the Mir Khalil-ur-Rehman Foundation in Karachi, where she was presented with an award for excellence. She was the first recipient of the award, which will honor students "who have displayed exemplary achievements and skills in their respective fields." For her efforts, Karim was also given a computer.

Colin Barker reported for ZDNet UK. CNET News.com’s Jonathan Skillings contributed to this report.