Transblawg

Month: January 2018

  • Can legal translators be replaced by machines?

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    In recent months at least, it seems that machine translation, based on huge databases of sample translations (neural networks), has massively improved. DeepL is one example. Professional translators would avoid using this as their translations might be integrated into the system, which would be a breach of their client confidentiality. But I do suspect that…

  • Aldi’s ‘London’ cheese cake

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    Aldi really has a lot of very British things in its selection, but I had not seen this cheesecake. This is the ultimate British product! I remember this cheese cake as a regular item at the bakery in the 50s and 60s. It is sometimes called ‘London cheese cake’ to distinguish it from cheesecake that…

  • Legal Integration and Language Diversity: book on translation in EU lawmaking

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    Legal Integration and Language Diversity: Rethinking Translation in EU Lawmaking, by C.J.W. Baaij – Oxford University Press, coming out in February This book should be interesting. It comes to the conclusion that particularly after Brexit, it would be a good idea for English to be the original language of all legislation. Introduces the first comprehensive…

  • Back in London

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    Arriving back in London after a few days in Stuttgart – what a welcome!   One of the loos at Stuttgart Airport (I was not fit enough to use it)