Back in action / Wieder bei der Arbeit
am 13.03.2006 von Legalesed
Well, I’m back. My vacation was excellent, as was the skiing. It snowed throughout the nights and was sunny during the days - perfect conditions. Now I’m ready for Spring, but it doesn’t seem ready for me yet: It’s freezing!
It wasn’t all play - I also did some networking while I was away (deals can be made on the slopes). I’m looking to be retained by an American company doing business in Europe. I’ve got three candidates: a medical manufacturing firm, an international computer company and a big financial institution.
The computer industry is so fickle. Medical manufacturing is a hot sector in the U.S. right …
Links roundup
Transblawg / While I’m busy elsewhere, here are some more parasitical offerings: Babelport: There’s a new translation portal out, Babelport. I didn’t bother to look at it at first because these things are springing up like nobody’s busines…
Integration or else/Integrationskurse für Ausländer
Transblawg / Promoting Germany’s Language Melting Pot - Deutsche Welle article The courses on German language and life don’t sound bad, of course. But what if you don’t play along? It’s up to the state immigration authorities to decide whe…
Spelling book aims for high sales
Transblawg / Lynne Truss’ publishers have now published Vivian Cook’s ‘Accomodating Brocolli in the Cemetary or why can’t anybody spell?’ (I pasted that. I can’t be bothered to misspell). Amazon.co.uk already has a five-star re…
Weblogs searched in frames/Weblogs in Frames durchgesucht
Transblawg / As Robin Stocks notes, one doesn’t want one’s weblog to appear within a frame carrying a disclaimer but also advertising for one of the numerous translators’ sites that have become so popular recently. I don’t know whether the…
Texts /Texte
Transblawg / I suppose this was done by Sebastian, unless Shannon doesn’t know her prepositions. Hope this is well lit at night. This is just so tempting, but I didn’t have anything with me. Of course, ‘good value’ is one of...…
ROCK AND ROLL ALL NITE
LawBlog / Schockrocker. Gab es am Wochenende bei mir rein zufällig auch. Aber nur mit nostalgischem Einschlag: “Our show had no talking,” Gene remembers. “Just bang-bang-bang, song-song-song and off the stage. We didn’t have any effec…
RVG, billable hours oder value?
Vertretbar Weblawg / Über What About Clients? bin ich auf den Beitrag If You Don’t Discuss Value, Expect to Discuss Hours gestoßen: Because you aren’t discussing value up-front with [customers]. Mostly because firms haven’t taken the time to understan…
Timber framing/Fachwerk
Transblawg / It’s very frustrating when you’re translating a long text and you realize it has hundreds of references to timber framing and you don’t know enough to handle it fluently. But things could be worse. “It’s frustrating if…
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