Interpretation Act 1978 / Englisches Auslegungsgesetz
am 16.05.2005 von TransblawgThe Interpretation Act 1978 (originally 1889) defines various terms for most Acts in force in England and Wales, and to some extent Northern Ireland and Scotland too. I’ve …
Guernsey law / Recht der Kanalinseln
Transblawg / On and around the British Isles (a geographical term), there are six jurisdictions: England and Wales; Scotland; Northern Ireland; Ireland; Isle of Man; Channel Isles. (The Channel Isles are not actually geographically part of the British Isles, nor
Ethnic diversity in the UK/Ethnische Vielfalt in Großbritannien
Transblawg / The Independent today has a map showing the most ethnically diverse areas of Britain, or perhaps England and Wales - Scotland and Northern Ireland are described in text beside the map, but not coloured in. I’ll have to go to Brighton (least rel
Blogger on Radio Scotland
Transblawg / Tom Reynolds (not his real name) blogs his life with the London Ambulance Service (or whatever it’s called) in Random Acts of Reality. Yesterday he was interviewed on a Radio Scotland show about his blog, which has about 5,000 readers:...
Nur für alte Säcke
Das interessiert doch wieder keine Sau... / Geboren vor 1978?
He or she
Transblawg / There's been a discussion on an ITI list as to whether translators into English use 'he' or 'he and she'. My answer was that it depends on the client, but I often use 'he and she', avoiding the construction as much as pos
English in Nuremberg / Engländer in Nürnberg
Transblawg / Some curious statements from the local rag (most of them yesterday, so probably no longer available online): In Britain, 29 per cent of the population are Anglicans, 11 per cent Protestants, 11 per cent Catholics and 1.5 m Moslems. 41 per cent have
Adobe online terms of use / Adobe Internet-Nutzungsbedingungen
Transblawg / You’ve heard of draft terms of use, but have you heard of daft terms of use? Language It is the express wish of the parties that the Terms of Use and all related documents have been drawn up in English....
EU glossaries / EU-Glossare
Transblawg / Mehrsprachige Glossare der EU-Dolmetscher zum Downloaden. There is a big collection of excellent interpreters’ glossaries from the EU interpreting service (is ‘interpretation’ not the US term? but perhaps it’s crept over the P
Semantic Interpretation for Speech Recognition
Handakte WebLAWg / The Voice Browser Working Group has released a Last Call Working Draft of Semantic Interpretation for Speech Recognition. The draft...
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