{"id":10072,"date":"2011-11-23T15:12:00","date_gmt":"2011-11-23T15:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musik.a-z-translation.com\/de-en-dictionary\/"},"modified":"2020-01-03T11:33:34","modified_gmt":"2020-01-03T11:33:34","slug":"de-en-dictionary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.a-z-translations.com\/en\/de-en-dictionary\/","title":{"rendered":"Historic dictionary"},"content":{"rendered":"
\nWe finally got around to cleaning out the attic two weeks ago, and besides sorting through and throwing out a lot of stuff – or giving it to a charity -, I came across some cool, fascinating, funny, interesting and strange things. <\/div>\n
\nOne very interesting thing I found in a wooden trunk full of old books and LP records. I have no idea how it ended up in there, especially since no-one in my husband’s family has or had any affinity for foreign languages, plus the name in the cover is not a relative. But however it found its way onto this attic in the wilderness of the Franconian Switzerland, I am very excited that it did!<\/div>\n

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\nPrinted in 1946 by Sebaldus-Verlag N\u00fcrnberg, number of copies printed unknown, although there are some to be had via Amazon and antiquarian bookshops, and not very expensive at that.<\/p>\n

The preface explains what it is and why it was published:<\/p>\n

\n
\nThis <\/span>book, \u201c<\/b><\/span>printed as
\nmanuscript\u201d, contains a collection (about 25,000 key words) of personal notes
\njotted down by an interpreter and translator in the course of his everyday
\npractice. It was not originally intended for publication, but, as it will be some
\ntime before any of the well-known dictionaries can be re-issued, I decided to
\ngive way to the numerous requests for having <\/span>this book <\/b><\/span>printed as it
\nstands.<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n
\nThe
\nexpressions given in this book cover principally administration, legal practice,
\nfood and agriculture, trade and industries, and the engineering, botanical,
\nchemical, anatomical and pharmaceutical professions, as well as the names of
\ndrugs, etc. To some key-words, such as for instance, \u201cAr\u00e4ometer\u201d, \u201cCalorien\u201d, \u201cHormone\u201d,
\n\u201cPenicillin\u201d, \u201cStreptomycin\u201d, \u201cVitamine\u201d, explanations have been added, which far
\nexceed the usual practice in dictionaries, giving this book more the character
\nof an encyclopedia. Furthermore, a number of charts and conversion tables for
\nweights, measures, etc., have been included. So as not to disturb the clear
\narrangement and alphabetical order of the book, such explanations of key-words
\nare separately boxed.<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n
\nSomething
\nquite new is the collection of abbreviations coined during the Nazi-regime, such
\nas \u201cReichsschrifttumskammer\u201d, \u201cNS-Hago\u201d<\/span>, <\/span>etc., which,
\nas far as is known, have not been included before in any dictionary and which
\nare <\/span>often difficult to translate into the Anglo-American
\nlanguage.<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n
\nI wish to
\nexpress my appreciation to the American officers and officials, especially to<\/span> Major Krotcher, Capt. Kinard, 1st Lt. Thacker and Tec.Sgt. Much,
\nwho sacrificed their time in clearing
\nup some expressions, also to Mr. Speier of<\/span> <\/span><\/b>the MAN, N\u00fcrnberg, <\/span>who
\n<\/b><\/span>contributed a long list of technical expressions, as well as to the
\npublishers and the C.H. Beck\u2019sche Buchdruckerei <\/span>at N\u00f6rdlingen,
\nwho co-operated splendidly to ensure a very nice make-up <\/span>of <\/span>the book, in <\/span>spite of
\nthe untold difficulties that had to be overcome in obtaining materials, etc.,
\nand, finally, to Mr. R. K\u00fcger,
\nlecturer at N\u00f6rdlingen, who devoted his costly time in giving expert advice to
\nimprove the book. I take this opportunity<\/span> <\/span>to thank
\nvery sincerely also the many unnamed contributors to this dictionary.<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n
\nSuggestions regarding improvements or additions will be gratefully
\naccepted. I hope the book may be of help, if only in a small way, to American
\nofficers, officials and the new
\nGerman authorities. <\/span><\/i><\/div>\n
\nN\u00fcrnberg, August 1945 <\/span><\/i><\/div>\n
\nE. Hinnerichs<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I find it remarkable that this project was tackled already in the summer of 1945, just a few months after WWII had officially ended!<\/p>\n

I have no idea how and in what context this might come in handy, but I will certainly treasure it, if only for historical reasons!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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