Integration
am 20.11.2005 von http://transblawg.euGermany’s new government, like the old one, emphasizes that foreigners should be integrated. This picture shows two successfully integrated foreigners from the Balkans and Eastern Europe. They both have to wear local dress and the German national …
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…
Inflation
Juristisches und Sonstiges / Im heurigen Jahr sind bisher 46 neue akademische Grade eingeführt worden. Langsam bekommt man ja richtige Komplexe, wenn man keinen Zusatztitel hat. …
Integration?
Transblawg / Taken at a local supermarket about ten days ago....…
International Day
neues aus schwabenheim / Heute ist International Day an der Uni Mannheim. Die Gaststudenten aus aller Welt stelle ihre Länder vor, und es gibt jede Menge Informationen über das Auslandsstudium (Programm, PDF). Gleichzeitig findet für alle, die im nächsten Semester aus M…
The German Times
Transblawg / The German Times is the name of a newspaper launched on January 19th in Berlin: “We want to accompany Europe's coalescence, in that we are creating a medium from Germany for all of Europe,” says Editor in Chief Bruno Waltert. Its cir…
Bloody Foreigners/Übersetzte Krimis
Transblawg / Following the exclusion of translations from the Golden ‘Duncan Lawrie’ Dagger Award (see earlier entry), three British publishing companies have arranged Bloody Foreigners: Crime FictionTranslation Tour. (From Translation Exchange)…
A Quiz for Would-Be Citizens Tests Germans Attitudes
Jurabilis / BERLIN, March 28 Whats the capital of Germany? Well, pretty much everybody knows that one. Its Berlin, of course. But how about these questions: Which convention gathered at St. Pauls Church in Frankfurt in 1848? Name three mountains in Germany.…
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).…
Spiegel online in English
Transblawg / Spiegel Online has a curiously named section Fishwrap (Want to know what the German papers are saying?). It’s illustrated by a picture of two herring, I think, in a German tabloid-sized newspaper. I presume it’s named after the Guardian&#…
Full-bottomed wigs / Allongeperücken
Transblawg / Further to the last entry, Ede & Ravenscroft, who supply court dress, have an FAQ: Q: What is the difference between the judge’s bench wig and the judge’s full-bottomed wig? A: Judges wear the bench wig when they are sitting in cou…
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