Thieving law student
am 12.01.2006 von http://legalesed.com
One of the best parts about having my own ‘department’ at the law school is having a budget to spend on books. Yesterday, I ordered the new Dietl/Lorenz GermanEnglish legal dictionaries (with CD) for my department’s reference library - it is going to cost a whopping €398! It’ll probably be there tomorrow, but I won’t - so I guess I have something to look forward to on Monday.
I also would have ordered the second volume to Prof. Dr. B. Sharon Byrd’s excellent “Introduction to Anglo-American Law & Language,” but the publishing house C.H. Beck has yet to release the new edition, so I’ll wait. My (personal) copy was stolen from my classroom at the university last semester, after I stupidly left it unattended for a few minutes. I …
Back in action / Wieder bei der Arbeit
Legalesed / Well, I’m back. My vacation was excellent, as was the skiing. It snowed throughout the nights and was sunny during the days - perfect conditions. Now I’m ready for Spring, but it doesn’t seem ready for me yet: It’s freezing! I…
Spelling book aims for high sales
Transblawg / Lynne Truss’ publishers have now published Vivian Cook’s ‘Accomodating Brocolli in the Cemetary or why can’t anybody spell?’ (I pasted that. I can’t be bothered to misspell). Amazon.co.uk already has a five-star re…
Links roundup
Transblawg / While I’m busy elsewhere, here are some more parasitical offerings: Babelport: There’s a new translation portal out, Babelport. I didn’t bother to look at it at first because these things are springing up like nobody’s busines…
Bright line
Transblawg / Mark Liberman at Language Log establishes that the noun phrase ‘bright line’ and the adjective ‘bright-line’ are missing in most general English dictionaries: Here’s another common expression that’s not in the stan…
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…
Anus motion/Übersetzungsprobleme
Transblawg / Matthew Baldwin of The Morning News reports - or reported - that Spanish-speaking drivers have been getting out of drunk driving cases because of a deficiency in Spanish-language cards used by traffic cops: “But the defense somehow got a copy…
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