English blasphemy law
am 19.10.2004 von TransblawgThe Guardian today had an article suggesting the blasphemy law may be about to be repealed in England. This was based on a remark of David Blunkett’s in …
The rich man in his castle, the poor man at his gate
Transblawg / The Guardian reports that Prince Charles’ household is described as ‘elitist’. I didn’t realize the Sexual Discrimination Act applied there, but of course it does. Ms Day told the tribunal the royal household was run in an
Suing in England / South-Park-Folge in England nicht gezeigt
Transblawg / Popbitch reports (20 January) that an episode of South Park featuring Tom Cruise is not to be shown in the United Kingdom. The episode can be seen here. It had Tom Cruise locking himself in Stan’s closet and used the punchline ‘Tom Cruise
Cartoons and advertising/Werbetexte und Karikaturen
Transblawg / There was an amazing query on Proz.com recently, headed Mücke zum Elefanten. The situation was a speech balloon in a cartoon about making mammoths from their DNA. A fly is sitting on a scientist's desk and saying: maybe you can't turn m
Ali Smith on translators / Weidenfeld Übersetzungspreis
Transblawg / Letztes Jahr ging der Oxford Weidenfeld Übersetzungspreis an Denis Jackson, der nach und nach die Werke von Theodor Storm übersetzt. Suchen Sie eine Übersetzung von Storm für Ihre englischsprachige Freunde - hier ist sie. The win
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
London drinks tea in your general direction
Aktenvermerk / Today i’m a Londoner & today I hurt (sic) ist das Motto dieser Seite. Zum Teil sehr lustige Graphiken, schwarzer Humor (Today I’m a Londoner & Today I got a day off) und ein wenig “Clash of Cultures” (So if you’r
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