BDÜ Conference in Berlin 2012
How to write a blog post about a conference? That's the question I'm asking myself right now. Not an easy task, methinks, since although short, it was packed: Two and…
Music & Language Revisited
The topic of the connection between music and language, which I have already talked about here, keeps coming up for some reason... Today, I came across this very interesting article…
The 13th Warrior
I apologize beforehand, but this is going to be a bit of a rant... Comments and differing views are of course welcome! ;) Source: Wikipedia I was watching the movie…
Music & Language
I read this article about natural translators and musicians a while ago, and it got me thinking. Being a musician myself and having started my musical education at the tender…
How to judge the quality of your translation
Since I'm on a mini-vacation again this week, here's an excerpt from an excellent post from the myGengo blog on how to judge the quality of a translation: Before submitting…
Die spinnen, die Römer!
Eine Kollegin verwies neulich auf diesen Rundfunkbeitrag des WDR, der wirklich absolut hörenswert ist: Sie übersetzte Asterix und Obelix. Gudrun Penndorf erzählt rund 23 Minuten unter Anderem darüber wie sie…
Zitat der Woche – Quote of the Week
Beim Übersetzen muss man bis ans Unübersetzliche herangehen; alsdann wird man aber erst die fremde Nation und die fremde Sprache gewahr. When translating one must proceed up to the intranslatable;…
So you think English is easy
Read to the end . . a new twist 1) The bandage was wound around the wound. 2) The farm was used to produce produce. 3) The dump was so…
The Alphabet and Simplified Spelling
Mark Twain's remarks about the irregularities and irrationality of spelling in the English language. ADDRESS AT THE DINNER GIVEN TO MR. CARNEGIE AT THE DEDICATION OF THE NEW YORK ENGINEERS' CLUB,…