Margaret Marks: Weblog on German-English legal translation.
30. September 2009 —It was widely reported and tweeted yesterday that Guido Westerwelle, the FDP (Liberal) party leader who will be Germany's next foreign minister, refused to speak English when requested to do so (28th September). Es ist Deutschland hier The BBC correspondent asks Westerwelle to speak English, and Wes…
1. Juli 2009 —spEak You’re bRanes finds a rich field in stupid online comments, in this case on the British National Party in the recent EU elections. Here's the BBC page they quote from. Here is some BNP and UKIP bumf I collected on my recent visit: …
2. Juni 2009 —This is one of the parties I won't be voting for: …
18. August 2008 —Hot off the press, the latest racket that interrupted my work this morning. I did wait outside for a while, but Mr Beckstein did not arrive at 11.30, nor indeed at 12.00 - I gave up, unlike other interested listeners: But scarcely had I got back to my office when a loud voice could be heard, interru…
10. September 2005 —The general feeling in Fürth this morning, as in the German press, supports a grand coalition after the September 18 elections (apparently without the Green party)....…
23. Mai 2005 —Wortfeld, usually a German-language blog, has an entry in English describing the background to Schröder’s announcement of autumn elections. There are a large number of links. As Alexander rightly says, the coverage of German matters in the English-language press is...…
