This book, in a German version naming no translator, was one of my Christmas presents this year:
Jeffrey Metzner: Stick. Great moments in Art, History, Film and More… (related website)
Jeffrey Metzner: Strich für Strich. Große Momente der Film-, Kunst- und Weltgeschichte
amazon.de: Strich für Strich
Some of the pictures are easy to guess, and some aren’t.
This ad is widely displayed on the tube in London. Something we can all wish for.
For more details, see www.stopwormsdead.co.uk.
Ich zitiere Bettina in Linklogbuch):
Die Generaldirektion Übersetzung der Europäischen Kommission hat den Acquis Communitaire (Rechtsvorschriften, Verträge und Urteile des Europäischen Gerichtshofs) in 22 Sprachen in einem Format zum Download bereitgestellt, aus dem problemlos ein Translation Memory in einer beliebigen Sprachenkombination erstellt werden kann.
I completely missed this, whenever it happened. The acquis communautaire (more or less) has now been made available by the Directorate-General for Translation in 22 languages in a form that can easily be converted into a translation memory (assuming one has enough RAM and disc space to use it). That will be a highly useful thing to have, although at the same time, I suspect, very diverse in the suggestions it makes.
There is a tool to extract the language pair you’re interested in.
There is not only the DGT TM collection, but also a corpus for linguistics research called JRC-Acquis. Read more at:
As of November 2007, the European Commission’s Directorate General for Translation (DGT) made publicly accessible its multilingual Translation Memory for the Acquis Communautaire – a collection of parallel texts (texts and their translation, also referred to as bi-texts) in 22 languages. On this page, you will find a summary of this unique resource and instructions on where to download it and how to produce bilingual aligned corpora for any of the 231 language pair combinations (462 language pair directions).
Peter Sandrini, a legal translator, no less, has created a version of Linux especially designed for translators.
Peter Sandrini: eine Linux-Distribution für Übersetzer (hier Deutsch)
On the basis of the linux distribution PCLinuxOS we have created a desktop linux system for translators.
PCLOS-Trans is full fledged desktop system meant as a replacement for the widely known OS. But it is not just an operating system, it is also a collection of software applications which allows a translator to do his/her job most efficiently and in line with the latest standards.
Auf der Basis der Linux-Distribution PCLinuxOS haben wir einen Desktop-Pc zusammengestellt, der neben dem Betriebssystem eine Reihe von spezifischen Anwendungen enthält. Diese Anwendungen wurden ausgewählt, um ein möglichst effizientes Übersetzen am PC zu ermöglichen.
(Via Marc Prior at Flefo)
We all know that back surgery can be painful, but this got rather worse when it reached the typist’s hands:
Plaintiff moves the court for a continuance of the trial for the reason that counsel for the plaintiff is recovering from dick surgery and because of continuing pain is unable to properly represent the plaintiff in a trial. Counsel is unable to sit for long periods of time.
Scroll down for doctor’s note referring to disk herniation.
(Via Legal Juice)
Paper, cans, litter, Top Language Jobs.
