Yet another blog with a translation connection is Blogos, subtitled ‘News and views on languages and technology’. It seems to have a connection to Multilingual Computing. It is run by Andrew Joscelyne.

Interestingly, the blog is run on ExpressionEngine. It unfortunately has no newsfeed (or none yet – ?), although it has a mailing list. Interesting entries since April 5th.

Thanks to Robin Bonthrone for the tip-off.

It remains to be seen this blog soon overtakes its namesake , a religious blog, in Google. And here’s another. But they will not be read by the same people (although I have taken note of the Bible one for future research purposes).

Alan Johnson (siehe vor allem Ressourcen-seite), ein Übersetzer und staatlich geprüfter Geologietechniker, hat ein Weblog angefangen.

New weblog by Alan Johnson (see in particular his Resources page), who does translations mainly in earth sciences and techology.

(Click to enlarge/Klicken, um zu vergrößern)

This is another picture, like the bonsai pictures taken from the Friedrichstraße multistorey car park in Fürth. If this is a Virginia creeper, I can look forward to taking many more pictures when it turns red!

Ein Buch für Richter ist in England veröffentlicht worden mit Vorschlägen zur korrekten Ausdrucksweise, berichtet die Guardian (Englisch). Sogar der Ausdruck asylum seeker (Asylbewerber) wird meist negativ benutzt.

Das Buch ist kostenlos online zu bekommen.

The Guardian reported on Thursday that the Judicial Studies Board has issued a book with recommendations on the sensitive use of language.

Frowned upon are asylum seeker, man and wife, girl (except for children) and businessman. A black should be called a black person (says the Guardian).

The book is available free of charge online.

It is not only about language. I have not looked at much. There is something about interpreters in the first section:

bq. An interpreter may be necessary even if the witness is able to communicate in English / Welsh to some degree: the language employed in judicial proceedings is so specialised in comparison to communicating in adequate English/Welsh in order to get by on a daily basis.

bq. Common words may have different meanings according to the understanding of the speaker.

bq. Always establish that the interpreter speaks not only the language but the dialect of the witness.

bq. The same interpreter may no longer be appropriate for opposing parties.

bq. There are serious dangers in allowing an advocate, friend or family member to act as an interpreter and whenever possible the interpreter must be
professionally engaged and ideally from an officially approved list.

bq It should not be assumed that an interpreter can continue without regular breaks: it is a very demanding process if done correctly, so allow an opportunity to indicate when a break is needed.

bq. A party may need the assistance of an interpreter throughout the proceedings, beforehand when giving instructions and afterwards when receiving an explanation as to what has transpired. An interpreter or translation of documents may be required to understand the documentation in proceedings. Failure to ensure this could amount to a denial of justice.

bq. To the extent that it is difficult for those with learning difficulties or inadequate language skills to understand the language employed in the court room, all efforts should be made to communicate in a manner comprehensible to the parties before you.

(Thanks to Maurice H. Varney for the links)

I’m particularly struck by the idea of growing clematis in a small pot. I only saw that today. I’ve photographed the bonsai before.

I mentioned Mediadeck before. Now for the second year running a duck has raised a brood on the roof of this multi-storey car park in Hamburg. There’s a webcam (refreshed every 30 minutes). For more photos click on Biotop.