Book on football language / Englische Fußballsprache
am 30.04.2005 von TransblawgJohn Leigh and David Woodhouse, Football Lexicon, ISBN 057122797X (note that at amazon.de there is a hardback version slightly cheaper than a paperback). On foreign players: Can they …
Eco on translation in paperback
Transblawg / The Observer selects Umberto Eco’s book on translation, Mouse or Rat? Translation as Negotiation, as the paperback of the week, though without making it sound like a fun read. He starts with what may seem a rather obvious conclusion -...…
Blitzstart erbeten
Jurabilis / Question: Is there any reason I should pre-order your book instead of waiting until some joker sells it for eighty cents used? Answer: Yes, there is. See, a lot depends on the first week sales of a book. If I sell a ton of copies the first week,…
Robert Harris: The Ghost
Transblawg / I havent read any Robert Harris before, but this (Christmas present) was a very good read. The ghost is a ghostwriter with no political interest who finds himself with a huge contract to write the autobiography of the former British prime mini…
Finding German legislation in translation
Transblawg / I had a query this week: Is there an “official” English translation of the “BImSchG” available anywhere on the Internet? I have a couple of paragraphs as a quote. Since this comes up frequently, here is a note of my...…
Crossroads Mall Thursday night
Obiter Dictum / I’ll be in Redmond for part of next week and, although my first effort to have a Crossroads Mall meetup got sidetracked, I’d like to try again. To keep things simple: I’ll just be there this Thursday night, the 21st, at around 6:30…
Woche der ausländischen Mitbürger
Transblawg / I know tomorrow is St. Jerome’s Day, and I know Monday was European Languages Day, but I only accidentally found out that this week is the Woche der ausländischen Mitbürger (Week of Foreign Fellow-Citizens). According to the poster, t…
Law Firms: The Shortest Hours
Jurabilis / This is a ranking of the shortest hours worked by midlevel associates. Associates at the #1 firm, Chapman and Cutler, averaged 49 hours worked (39.1 billed) per week. Associates at #161, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, worked on average 71.1 (an…
Laweye - international business law
Transblawg / Seiten zur “neuen lex mercatoria” an der Uni Köln. The Juristisches Internetprojekt Saarbrücken’s link of the week this week was LawEye. They link to Central, the Center for Transnational Law at the University of Cologne.…
Bucksch Building Services Dictionary sought for loan / Wörterbuch Gebäudetechnik dringend gesucht
Transblawg / Can anyone in the USA or Canada lend this dictionary urgently to Teresa? Heres her comment under my earlier entry. If you can, contact her via the comment link. I am looking for a copy of this Bucksch dictionary ENG-->GER for a job I am curr…
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