Oxford English Dictionary for Students
am 05.08.2006 von Handakte WebLAWgOxford University Press has published a new dictionary aimed at improving poor grammar, spelling and writing skills among undergraduates - …
New Harts Rules
Transblawg / The nearest equivalent to Duden for the German language or the Chicago Style Guide for the USA used to be Hart’s Rules (first published in 1893). It was replaced by the more longwinded Oxford Style Guide. But in September 2005 the publisher dec
Oxford Online
Handakte WebLAWg / Oxford University Press is the worlds largest university press, and has an international reputation for the quality and diversity of its publishing programme. More than 170 Oxford journals are now also available online. (03.05.2005)
“Podcast” und “Wiki” im Oxford English Dictionary
nach-recht-en / Die Wörter “Podcast” und “Wiki” wurde nun ins Oxford English Dictionary aufgenommen: podcast • noun a digital recording of a radio broadcast or similar programme, made available on the Internet for downloading to a person
New FR>EN law dictionary
Transblawg / I gather that Harrap and Dalloz have just published a small (well, cheap) French>English law dictionary....
-ise / -ize
Transblawg / American English: -ize, -ization, -izing etc. British English: either -ize or -ise If you use -ise, write capsize If you use -ize, write surprise, analyse and some other words (in AmE, one sometimes sees surprize, analyze, but this is not reall
Podcast ist “Wort des Jahres 2005″
Handakte WebLAWg / Steve Rubel reports ‘podcast’ is the New Oxford American Dictionary’s word of the year for 2005! Only a year ago, podcasting was an arcane activity, the domain of a few techies and self-admitted “geeks”. Now you can hear everyt
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English online
Transblawg / Online and free to use: the best learners' dictionary of English, and despite its restricted vocabulary, I still use it myself if I want fast grammatical information on words: LDCE.
Small DE - EN law dictionaries / Kleine Rechtswörterbücher DE - EN
Transblawg / There are a number of small bidirectional German-English law dictionaries on the market. (Click on links to amazon.de below) A commenter asked recently whether one would be useful for someone studying translation with law as their main subject.
English vocabulary count/Fast 1 Million englische Wörter
Transblawg / The Independent writes that the English language will soon have its 1-millionth word. * Spanish linguists say there are 225,000 words in contemporary use. * The largest edition of the Duden German-German dictionary contains about 200,000 words * The
Fluggastdatenübermittlung
blat.antville: Simons Blawg / Nach der Beanstandung durch den EuGH (E) nun die Ersatzlösung als Mogelpackung zur Ausschaltung des Europäischen Parlaments? - (Andreas Busch - Politics of Privacy, Oxford, UK, E).
Visual Dictionary online / Online-Bildwörterbuch
Transblawg / Merriam-Webster VISUAL DICTIONARY Online (via languagehat)
LLM Fair Europe in Münster, Germany 8 June 2006
Weblawg.de / On 8 June 2006 the Faculty of Law of the University of Münster will play host to the second LLM Fair Europe. The LLM Fair Europe will again be offered in conjuction with JurStart, the largest university-run career fair for lawyers in Germany at whi
Use of English in German enterprises
Transblawg / The Financial Times (English edition) of 12 April 2005 has two articles on the use of English in German businesses: English is not always music to the ears, and The new lingua germanica. They will be free online for a...
The Future of the Internet unter CC-Lizenz veröffentlicht
JIPS News / Das Buch "The Future of the Internet -- And how to Stop it" des Jura-Professors Jonathan Zittrain wurde unter der CC-Lizenz veröffentlicht und steht nun in englischer Sprache in zahlreichen Versionen, unter anderem Pdf und Html zum Downloa
Roy Stuart / Tod eines Juradozenten
Transblawg / Roy Stuart was Law Fellow at Hertford College, Oxford, from 1969 until his retirement in 2003 and died in June 2005 aged 68. There is a column by David Pannick in the Times Online law section (registration free) - I...
Dictionary plagiarism / Wörterbuchplagiat
Transblawg / Danilo Nogueira beschreibt ein enttäuschendes englisch-brasilianisches Rechtswörterbuch und einen erfolgreichen Plagiatsprozess gegen einen Nachfolger. In Hey, counsel, youve plagiarized my book! in the latest Translation Journal, Danilo Nogu
