Germany invaded by giant insect / Rieseninsekt versucht Einwanderung ohne Sprachtest
am 29.09.2006 von http://transblawg.eu
Giant insect invades Germany, reports Slashdot.
Here’s the Google Earth image. I was actually driving quite near here at the weekend, but I didn’t notice anything.
And here’s the solution.
Interesting find - a first. It looks like a thrips, a very small (1mm or so) insect. The size might explain how it got involved in the printing process. The brown glob at the posterior end …
The rich man in his castle, the poor man at his gate
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Quality control and self-revision/Qualitätssicherung und Überprüfen der eigenen Arbeit
Transblawg / On Sonja Tomašković’s Translator’s Blog, there is an interesting entry on quality assurance for translators. In Germany, we usually associate that with the DIN norm for translators, DIN 2345. (There are two Austrian norms too).…
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…
Waste incineration plant / Müllverbrennungsanlage
Transblawg / This waste incineration plant didn’t work properly. Carbonisation process The combination of pyrolysis and subsequent combustion is utilised in the carbonisation process. First of all the shredded waste is degassed in a rotating carbonisation…
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