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German and UK prisons compared/Vergleich Gefängnisse in Deutschland und England
In her weblog, Frances Crook, Director of the Howard League for Penal Reform, reports on visits to prisons (Tegel and Neustrelitz) and compares them with the equivalent in the UK (A note from a visit...
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Christkindlsmarkt, last week
Market of Nürnberg’s twin cities (English, German) – Venice: Gera: Glasgow: Children’s market – Christkind cleaning window: A shock in the crib: Ass: Outside the market (I can’t believe Dürer could...
View ArticleThe Folks in Germany/Das Völkische in Deutschland
The German Book Office New York issues lists of German non-fiction books whose rights can be bought for translation into English (it has fiction lists too). Here’s a link to Spring 2009 (PDF). The...
View ArticleTranslator’s errors/Miels van Driel
The Observer reviews Manhood, by Mels van Driel. And as for rigour, well I am no urologist, but I do doubt whether researchers really found that the “average diameter of the fully erect penis was...
View ArticleEmail advertising/Übersetzerspam
This is over a year old – pre-Obama – but somehow I missed it till now: Das tut gut: Entspammung vor dem Wochenende Dear Thoxan, I would like to express an interest in working for you as your...
View ArticleCriminal cake/Stollen mal anders
Stolen coffee cake bei Criggo. Note the comments: Hans knows better.
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Pedestrian zone benches/FuZo erlaubt Sitzen in der Kälte
It looks as if the city council wants to counter the impression that nobody ought to sit down in the pedestrian precinct. Or was this the plan all along? (The ‘water’ beneath is solid ice).
View ArticleLibel law reform petition/Englisches Recht der Beleidigung – Unterschriftenliste
Simon Singh has been hampered by English libel law and requests signatures for his petition. National Petition for Libel Law Reform This doesn’t just affect people in the UK, as England is becoming a...
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Fürth lawyer ad/Fürther Rechtsanwalt
LATER NOTE: This is what it looked like on 26th January 2010:
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