Via a referrer, I see that translationdirectory.com has a page with links to translation weblogs. Of those I don’t know, some look fairly dead, but not all. There is ¿Se habla English? by Jo-Hanna Goettsche, a native Spanish speaker from Puerto Rico living in Nebraska, and she links to an occasional blog called Twisted Tongues by Dena and Daniel Shunra and their cats in Washington State. I seem to remember them being on LANTRA-L.
The Grotian Moment blog, which blogs the Saddam Hussein trial, has been given a first unofficial translation of the judgment.
It does appear preliminary – perhaps there were communication problems between translation and paper (‘this safe town was rich in fruit gardens irritated from the Tigris river’), but it looks good. The Grotian Moment site comments:
Over the next few days, critics will undoubtedly pick apart various aspects of the Dujail Opinion. The English translation is a bit awkward, the text is redundant, and the prose certainly wont be compared to the opinions of Oliver Wendell Homes or Learned Hand. But even the harshest critics of the Tribunal will have to admit that it did a competent job writing its Opinion, and that the Opinion does answer many of the questions about the fairness of the process.
The ‘Iraqi High Court’ referred to is given here as the Iraqi High Court Criminal Law.
(Via the German American Law Journal blog)
The German Embassy in London’s musical advent calendar:
Probably the best musical online Calendar on the web, this year’s German Embassy Advent Calendar is packed with ultra-modern arrangements of traditional German Christmas Carols. We are delighted to present a musical Xmas feast with a whole range of different musical styles and interpretations, performed by professional musicians.
(Via Keys Corner)
And Cécile Blumenbär and Chris Rowson (translator) in Dresden, who are Rare Roses: Der himmlische Schall a CD (and there is a separate booklet with all the texts) – first of all, the familiar German Christmas carols, 27 of them, to sing along to, then some Christmassy concert pieces:
Der himmlische Schall is in two parts. The first contains a selection of the enchanting music of the German Christmas tradition. Some are lovingly decorated with variations, others presented with evocative simplicity.
Festive concert pieces of the European Baroque form the second part. The mystical voice of the flute combines with the varied sounds of the digital harpsichord to conjure the sounds and spirit of Christmas.
You can hear some of their music on their website, or you can buy it in their online shop, or you might be lucky and be given it, like me.
