Weblogs searched in frames/Weblogs in Frames durchgesucht

As Robin Stocks notes, one doesn’t want one’s weblog to appear within a frame carrying a disclaimer but also advertising for one of the numerous translators’ sites that have become so popular recently.

I don’t know whether these people have really attached my weblog, and Robin’s, and a few others, not all related to language, or if they’ve just linked some kind of search of weblogs.

At all events, there are bits of Javascript and php script out there that can be incorporated in a weblog and break the frame – thanks to Robin, Peter Müller and Clemens Kochinke.

Well, I wrote to tell them to stop, but I have not had a reply yet.

Aufgedunsene Übersetzungen von Flaubert

nachrichten aus absurdistan zitiert drei Übersetzungen ins Deutsche von den ersten zwei Sätzen von “Madame Bovary”, zunehmend länger.

bq. Wir waren im Arbeitssaal, als der Direktor eintrat, ihm folgten ein Neuer
in ziviler Kleidung und ein Schuldiener, der ein großes Pult trug. Wer schlief, wachte auf, und jeder erhob sich, als sei er in seiner Arbeit gestört worden:

Die dritte Übersetzung, von Ernst Sander, ist etwa dreimal so lang und enthält viel mehr Details. Oder gab es eine längere Fassung des Romans in Französischen? Wenn nicht, ist es ehr überraschend.

Die Quelle scheint “Der Rabe 47” (1996) zu sein, aber eine Übersetzung ist von 2003, also kann das nicht stimmen. Dank an Kai Becker von der pt-Liste.

Die englischen Übersetzungen scheinen durchweg kürzer zu sein:

bq. We were at preparation, when the headmaster came in, followed by a new boy dressed in “civvies” and a school servant carrying a big desk. (tr. by Alan Russell)

bq. We were studying when the headmaster came in, followed by a new boy, not yet wearing a school uniform, and a monitor carrying a large desk. (tr. by Mildred Marmur)

bq. We were in the study hall when the headmaster walked in, followed by a new boy not wearing a school uniform, and by a janitor carrying a large desk. (tr. by Lowell Bair)

bq. We were in study-hall when the headmaster entered, followed by a new boy not yet in school uniform and by the handyman carrying a large desk. (tr. by Francis Steegmuller)

Google now searches more words at once

Yesterday I threw some boilerplate into Google. I thought there was a mistake in the text, and this search often finds similar sentences that throw light on the defective text. I put a lot of words in, even though I know Google doesn’t search many. But yesterday, all my words were underlined as a search header!

But I am afraid I didn’t believe it till I read it in Language Log… Google’s ten-word limit has been raised to thirty-two.

Mark Liberman followed this with a report on some problems in Google’s Boolean search, but I’m not going to read about them.

Deutsche Monatsnamen

In einer deutschen Genealogie-FAQ gefunden:

bq. Januar: Hartung, Ianuarius, Jänner, Jenner, Eismonat, Erster Monat
Februar: Hornung, Februarius, Feber, Harnung, Regenmonat, Taumond, Schmelzmond, Narrenmond
März: Lenzing, Martius, Lenzmond, Windmonat, Frühlingsmonat, Merz
April: Ostermond, Aprilis, Grünmonat, Ostermonat, Osteren, Wandelmonat, Apprell, Launing
Mai: Wonnemond, Maius, Wonnemonat, Blütemonat, Blütenmonat, Weidemonat
Juni: Brachmond, Brachet, Iunius, Brachmonat, Wiesenmonat, Rosenmonat
Juli: Heuert, Iulius, Heumonat, Heuet, Heumond
August: Ernting, Augustus, Erntemonat, Hitzmonat, Augst, Augstmonat, Eichelmond
September: Scheiding, Herbstmonat, Fruchtmonat, Herpsten, 7ber, 7bris, VIIber
Oktober: Gilbhard, October, Weinmonat, Wynmonat, 8ber, 8bris, VIIIber
November: Nebelung, Wintermonat, Reifmonat, Nebelmonat, Windmonat, 9ber, 9bris, IXber
Dezember: Christmond, Christmonat, Julmonat, Julmond, Wolfmonat, December, 10ber, 10bris, Xber

Gilbhard indeed!

LATER NOTE: Native American full moon names
According to Wordlab, we have the Full Wolf Moon tomorrow. More names here:

bq. January 25, 5:32 a.m. EST — The Full Wolf Moon. Amid the zero cold and deep snows of midwinter, the wolf packs howled hungrily outside Indian villages. It was also known as the Old Moon or the Moon After Yule. In some tribes this was the Full Snow Moon; most applied that name to the next moon.

It’s very urbanized here in Fürth, but there is some snow on the cars, and a couple of dogs tied up outside the supermarket have been barking.