bq. Respondent maintains that it is a cat, that is, a well-known carnivorous quadruped which has long been domesticated. However, it is equally well-known that the common cat, whose scientific name is Felis domesticus, cannot speak or read or write. Thus, a common cat could not have submitted the Response (or even have registered the disputed domain name). Therefore, either Respondent is a different species of cat, such as the one that stars in the motion picture “Cat From Outer Space,” or Respondent’s assertion regarding its being a cat is incorrect.

Decision

Via Markenblog

Elsewhere, on dogs in Austria, Juristisches und Sonstiges, from Der Kurier.

I suppose one could compare the language in Austrian and English courts here, although the Austrian language did not come from the judge.

It’s great having so much literature on the Web, but I think something went wrong with the rhyme here:

bq. Unfortunately, nothing in this world is lasting; and the Golden Age was followed by another, not quite so prosperous, hence called the Silver Age, when the year was first divided into seasons, and men were obliged to toil for their daily bread.
“Succeeding times a silver age behold,
Excelling brass, but more excell’d by golf.
…Ovid (Dryden’s tr.)

Roger Chriss’s articles on Translation as a Profession were first written in 1995 and used to be recommended in the better days of FLEFO on CompuServe for new translators.

Now Roger has a website called Language Realm, with those articles (in the third edition) and other materials, especially for Japanese translators.

There are also glossaries, book reviews, and news items.

Betreten der Baustelle erwünscht.

Somehow I knew this was too good to be true.

Yes, it’s German asparagus time again. (Posted by request)

This, which lacks a couple of hyphens, was the museum night combined with anticipation of the World Cup. What I want to know is, did anything exciting happen with these balloons after I left? Two of them were going lightish. Very unfair to the ducks, though.

People were eating blue ice cream and Wiener with blue mustard near the castle. No-one was complaining about the pile of chairs erected over the Schöner Brunnen.