Jerome / Hieronymus
am 01.10.2006 von TransblawgI seem to have missed St. Jerome’s Day yet again. Was …
Woche der ausländischen Mitbürger
Transblawg / I know tomorrow is St. Jerome’s Day, and I know Monday was European Languages Day, but I only accidentally found out that this week is the Woche der ausländischen Mitbürger (Week of Foreign Fellow-Citizens). According to the poster, t
Break / Blog pause
Transblawg / This blog is closing down for a couple of weeks. All comments have been closed to avoid comment spam. So yet again I will be missing out Talk like a pirate day on September 19, and probably even St. Jerome's Day on September 30.
Geoffrey Chaucer Hath A Blog
Transblawg / I think this may be a mixture between Chaucer and Molesworth. Sir - Ich wishe for adyce in the matter of fashion and armes. Ys it verrily a mistake to wear a lilyflour in my helm? (Ich have a shylde of golde.) Thopas Mon Sire Thopas, By seinte Jero
Books for translators / Englische Bücher für Übersetzer
Transblawg / Multilingual Matters publish books and journals for translators and interpreters. They have addresses in Britain and the USA, or you can order from their website at a 20% discount. I wasn’t aware of them before, but they have some authors I
St. Jeromes Day/Hieronymustag
Transblawg / Last Sunday was apparently the European Day of Languages, which has been taking place (in great secrecy) since 2001. I did mention it last year, but I decided it wasn’t really correct to publicize something that doesn’t publicize itself.
Court interpreter weblog
Transblawg / I seem to have missed this one, but Céline quotes from it. The blog started on December 11: In my opinion, the public doesn´t really understand what an interpreter does. There are all kinds of interpreters: U.N. interpreters, conferenc
Amex target Lochner/Kreditkarte für Lochner
Transblawg / American Express apparently sent a credit card application form to Stephan Lochner care of Cologne Cathedral, 555 years after the artist’s death. The dean/provost managed to wheedle a donation out of them. Köln – Auch wenn der Brie
Kraut-bashing in Britain
Transblawg / I missed this Comment in the Observer of November 28th: ‘Kraut-bashing’ young Brits are still fighting the war. It’s time to bury the hatchet, says Catherine Mayer Catherine Mayer, I gather from the article, has anglicized her first
Alumni-Kultur
Jurabilis / Columbia University has received a $200 million gift to finance a new science center from the wife of a New York lawyer and alumnus, university officials announced today. The gift, the largest in Columbias history, was announced at Columbias Low L
James Nolan on interpreting/Buch zum Dolmetschen
Transblawg / In the ITI Bulletin, Florence Mitchell recently recommended three books for people to read to prepare for a simultaneous interpreting weekend: Roderick Jones, Conference Interpreting Explained, St Jerome Publishing; Andrew Gillies, Conference Interpr
Deutschlands jüngster “Unternehmer” auf der Flucht
RA-Blog / Der SOS-SEO Blog berichtet: Deutschlands jüngster Chef, Jerome Suckrow (15), Ende letzten Jahres mit einem kostenlosen Werbeauftritt bei TV total vertreten, ist jetzt zum Leidwesen seiner Kundschaft spurlos verschwunden. Der Nachwuchs-SEO, der von s
What is chicken? / Was ist Huhn?
Transblawg / Frigaliment Importing Co. v. B.N.S. International Sales Corp. 190 F.Supp. 116 (S.D.N.Y. 1960) This is an old case but I seem to have missed it: The issue is, what is chicken? Plaintiff says ‘chicken’ means a young chicken, suitable for...
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