German elections / Wahlplakate
am 12.09.2005 von TransblawgMore posters and other pictures of the German election campaign here - and …
New German elections / Neuwahl in Deutschland
Transblawg / perlentaucher.de verlinkt internationale Kommentare zu den Neuwahlen. perlentaucher.de (in German) gives a number of links to international coverage (some of it in English) on the German elections called for by Schröder. Some papers are trying o
By-Election in Dresden
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / MAG - Washington. The 2005 election drama adds another act. The election board of the Free State of Saxony announced on September 8, 2005 that the elections in the electoral district of Dresden have to be cancelled and newly arranged. By sta
Elections in September Approved
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / MAG - Washington. The German Constitutional Court ruled on August 25, 2005 that President Köhlers decision to dissolve parliament on July 21, 2005 was not unconstitutional, 2 BvE 4/05 and 2 BvE 7/05. Two members of parliament had complai
Election posters / Wahlplakate
Transblawg / Further election posters (for earlier SPD example, see here). This is mystifying: I havent noticed any increase of learning in the immediate vicinity, but I believe scientists have been imported to the former Grundig territory. Meanwhile, i
German politics in English
Transblawg / 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
German rap music / Deutsche Rapper
Transblawg / The mysterious Abnu of Wordlab pointed out to me that there was an article on German rap in the New York Times this week. Bushido’s music has been labelled only suitable for those over 18. German parents and the news...
Elections Just Like That
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. After an electoral loss of his party in the state of North-Rhine-Westphalia, Chancellor Schröder would like to disband the federal diet in Berlin and hold federal elections in the fall. In the regular cycle, such election
Texas German/Texas-Deutsch
Transblawg / Annggargoon's language of the week is North Texas German. Article in the Houston Times, and site of Texas German Dialect Project (TGDP) with sound clips. Texas German is a unique dialect of German that is spoken by the descendants of German immi
Why learn German? - Apocryphal translation errors
Transblawg / Exeter University has pages for beginners in German including some material on Why learn German? There is sobering material, including links, about anti-German feelings in Britain. There are links on accentuating the positive. There is a list of ten
British Election Blogs
Handakte WebLAWg / The U.K. citizenry has followed in Americas footsteeps by turning election-year blogs into an important part of the election. The main difference between Britains national election (May 5) and Americas of 2004 is that the U.K. results are not e
Last election pictures / Letzte Wahlfotos
Transblawg / The final day of campaigning still suggests a grand coalition: with a surprise last-minute surge from C & A: Here is an anonymized CSU town councillor eating a red and green lollipop: Some politicians of note actually braved the sparse...
Swiss authors and German publishers/Schweizer Autor, deutscher Verlag
Transblawg / I’ve mentioned more than once how American publishers sometimes change the texts of British authors. Here’s a German example of a German publisher wanting to change a Swiss German text. Hugo Loetscher schreibt zu den Änderungen, die
German and English translation weblog / English-Deusches Übersetzungsweblog
Transblawg / I really ought to week out some dead weblogs from my blog roll. Of course one doesn't want all of them to be active all the time, but some of them are greatly missed. The demise of Open Brackets was a sad loss, to say nothing of Translation from
Purity of German beer/Reinheitsgebot in Deutschland
Transblawg / Bundesverwaltungsgerichtentscheidung zu Schwarzbier (Az. BVerwG 3 C 5.04). The German Federal Administrative Court today decided that a German beer to which sugar was added can be called beer nonetheless. It overruled a decision of the Frankfurt an
Wikipedia on German law
Transblawg / The English Wikipedia deals with German law among other topics, and how it’s put into English might be of interest. In mid-December, the daily article featured was on Paragraph/Section 175 of the German Criminal Code, which made homosexual acts
Depressing German news
Transblawg / If you thought the election news in Germany was bad, just listen to Deutsche Welle’s Langsam gesprochene Nachrichten (full text available to print out). Jeden Tag finden Sie hier die 10-Uhr-Nachrichten aus dem deutschen Radioprogramm – la
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