Opening on February 1st: The Munich Readery is a second-hand bookshop for English books in Munich. This sounds like a godsend. I am always hesitant to throw out English books, and I buy more than I should, for lack of people with the same tastes I can borrow from or lend to.

The location is Augustenstr. 104, 80798 Munich (at intersection with Schellingstraße, home of two Words’Worth bookshops). Hours are Monday to Saturday, from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.

The bookshop is being opened by John and Lisa Browner, who say:

We offer the largest selection of secondhand English-language books in Germany at 30 – 70% off current list prices … browse through our website, which serves as an introduction to our store.

(Thanks to Mandy von Sivers)

I have now added to my front page: Legalesed (law, language and leftovers) and Working Languages (legal translation and interpreting), which now permits comments without registration.

TranslationMaven by Matt Elsworth (profile here) is one I have missed (thanks, Trevor).

Carlos lists more new Spanish-language weblogs on literature and language on Las palabras son pistolas cargadas (this mentions TranslationMaven too).

In Dedham, Massachusetts, a dominatrix has been acquitted of manslaughter in connection with the death of a client following a heart attack experienced under her services. The charge was for failing to help him rather than for causing the heart attack. Report from CNN.com:

During his closing argument to the jury, prosecutor Robert Nelson put on a black leather mask with a zippered mouth opening and re-enacted the bondage session.
With both hands, he reached back and clutched the top of a blackboard as if strapped to the rack. Then he hung his head as if dead.
Asher’s lawyer objected, and the judge agreed.

“That’s enough Mr. Nelson,” Judge Charles Grabau said. “Thank you for your demonstration.”

Via Boing Boing

Working Languages is by the mysterious CM, who works for the EU as a translator and interpreter, apparently.

In an entry on Eurospeak, for instance, he discusses an individual’s bad English (‘sensibly lower’ instead of ‘appreciably lower’) which enters EU legislation.

Comments are closed for another blog pause.

I take the liberty of reposting an entry from IPKAT, the trademark blog:

bq. Translations into English

IPKat co-blogmeister Jeremy is looking for a bit of assistance from someone who can translate trade mark cases from Spanish to English with a view to reporting them in the European Trade Mark Reports. Ideally the translator should be a native English-speaker. There is some remuneration, but it is not at all generous. Some occasional help is also needed with German trade mark and copyright cases, also for a relative pittance.

The real rewards are (i) the satisfaction of seeing one’s work in print and (ii) being able to put on your CV the fact that you’ve translated cases for the ETMR and its sister publication the European Copyright and Design Reports. If you’re interested in having a go, email Jeremy here.

The authors of IPKAT are always anxious to obtain the latest decisions in English and often comment on the time it takes to get hold of a translation.