i.V., i.A., ppa.
am 20.04.2005 von TransblawgThe German abbreviations i.V., i.A. and ppa. often cause translators problems. There is no real English equivalent. But even if the terms can’t be translated without a footnote, …
Birth certificates / Geburtsurkunden
Transblawg / Following the last entry, I should add a footnote on birth certificates, because that term Abstammungsurkunde is one of the problems for translators who haven’t encountered it before. There are three kinds of birth certificate in Germany: Gebur…
German Civil Code translation into English/BGB ins Englische übersetzt
Transblawg / LAWgical reports that the German Civil Code is being translated into English, to appear online. All 5 books are to be translated into British English by autumn 2005 and appear online as part of the German Federal Ministry of Justice’s...…
German English translator weblog
Transblawg / John Neilan is a freelance translator in Berlin. He has now added a weblog to his site (the site itself has a fair amount of information). The weblog is headed German English Translator, which is close to The German-English Translator....…
The fantastic four
Jurablog / Nichtmal vier Monate nach dem letzten Medienstöckchen kam aus Bochum schon wieder eins geflogen. The fantastic four: VIER JOBS IN MEINEM LEBEN 1. Koch 2. Grafiker 3. Veranstaltungsorganisation 4. Jurist VIER FILME DIE ICH IMMER WIEDER SEHEN KA…
Translators database error/Übersetzerdatenbankfehler
Transblawg / I happened to be looking at the Juraforum site and I tried their translator database. I searched for a translator from German to English, living in Germany and specializing in law. There were three results: the second was a company...…
Service agreements and Dienstverträge
Transblawg / In his entry Kein Dienstvertrag mit Microsoft, Ingmar recently commented on the translation into German of a Microsoft licence agreement. Microsoft original English Microsoft German translation CONTRACT FOR SERVICE. This is a contract between you a…
Translators Companion: Website English / Deutsch für Literaturübersetzer
Transblawg / This site apparently demands Firefox / Angeblich nur mit Firefox zu besuchen: Deutsch: 10 Jahre lang hat sich der Translators’ Companion als Informationsquelle zur literarischen Übersetzung in Europa bewährt. Für die Internet-V…
Translators and crime fiction/Übersetzer und Krimis
Transblawg / Hot off the press comes this report of last November: the Crime Writers Association awarded the Golden Dagger to Silence of the Grave, by Arnaldur Indridason (German Todeshauch - see krimiblog.de). It was translated into English by Bernard Scudder. B…
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