This non-American life / Weblog aus der Schweiz / München
am 29.10.2007 von http://transblawg.eu
Julie Galante is self-described in her weblog This non-American life as A travel-addicted American expatriate who has lived in Italy, Germany, and now Switzerland. - now apparently moving to Munich:
Have I mentioned how very, very excited I am to be moving to a place where they speak REAL GERMAN? Yeah yeah yeah, I know theres an incomprehensible Bavarian dialect that lurks around, but when youre not talking to drunk farmers, High German is the default language in Munich. High German, the German I know, love, and most importantly, UNDERSTAND. Yippee!
In honor of my impending return to German-land, Id like to share a couple of my favorite German words and expressions. Perhaps youll even glimpse a bit of …
Weblog on German literature/Weblog auf Englisch über deutsche Literatur
Transblawg / Ive added to the blogroll love german books, a weblog by a translator in Berlin. Good links to sites on German books, their translators, literary prizes and so on.…
Nothing for Ungood/Ein Amerikaner in Deutschland
Transblawg / John, who wisely remains anonymous apart from his first name, has a weblog I will be visiting again. The subheading, and usual topic, is German quirks from an American perspective. In theory there is nothing wrong with learning England’s v…
Swiss authors and German publishers/Schweizer Autor, deutscher Verlag
Transblawg / I’ve mentioned more than once how American publishers sometimes change the texts of British authors. Here’s a German example of a German publisher wanting to change a Swiss German text. Hugo Loetscher schreibt zu den Änderungen, die…
German-English technical translators weblog
Transblawg / Translationfound is the occasional weblog of Gisela Strauss, a technical translator in Munich. I t describes itself as follows: Translation Found is a loosely typed bilingual - English-German language blog, discussing language, translation and locali…
German view of US tort law/Deutsche Ansichten über Recht der USA
Transblawg / The German-American Law Journal blog links to an old findlaw article by Anthony J. Sebok on How Germany Views U.S. Tort Law. From conversations with German friends and from reading the German press, I had always suspected Germany’s view of...…
Texas German/Texas-Deutsch
Transblawg / Annggargoon's language of the week is North Texas German. Article in the Houston Times, and site of Texas German Dialect Project (TGDP) with sound clips. Texas German is a unique dialect of German that is spoken by the descendants of German immi…
