German: Alpenglühen
English: alpenglow
Direct translation from German: alpenglow
Meaning in English: a reddish glow in the sky at sunrise or sunset
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Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Sunday, February 1, 2009
English or German? Words that transferred between languages
German: Angst
English: angst
Direct translation from German: fear
Meaning in English: a feeling of anxiety and fright.
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English: angst
Direct translation from German: fear
Meaning in English: a feeling of anxiety and fright.
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Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Multi-lingual Language
The lines between languages seem to become increasingly blurry. When I travel to my native country, Germany, big signs in stores' windows greet me with English announcements of a big "Sale". Interpersonal communications get more and more impregnated with English words commonly used and heard in movies, commercials and technology. Try to talk computer in German: many of the technical names are adopted from English, sometimes pronounced sort of German, often not.
Pop singers in Germany now embark on writing songs in German-English, mingling the lyrics in both languages. Quite entertaining, though the non-English speaking German population does have trouble relating to what's being sung.
This intertwining of languages has one big caveat: cultures may mix too easily and willingly, which is truly a sad loss to the world's diversity.
In the meantime, where German-English translations are still needed, All Text Services offers this service including proofreading, editing and transcriptions.
Pop singers in Germany now embark on writing songs in German-English, mingling the lyrics in both languages. Quite entertaining, though the non-English speaking German population does have trouble relating to what's being sung.
This intertwining of languages has one big caveat: cultures may mix too easily and willingly, which is truly a sad loss to the world's diversity.
In the meantime, where German-English translations are still needed, All Text Services offers this service including proofreading, editing and transcriptions.
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Who doesn't need Editing?
We are always so quick to compose and distribute text to a group of people. Do we ensure that the writing is proper and correct? Of course, we do. And yet, how conscious are we of insufficiencies reading our own words? We want to get our document into our audience's hands now.
Sounds so familiar. It happens to the best of us.
There is no doubt, that an impartial pair of eyes will read any text with a higher awareness with respect to grammar, spelling, content and syntax. While the author of a text anticipates words and ideas expressed in her writing, her eyes skips words and mistakes hidden therein; the proofreader or editor doesn't know yet what the text contains and will read more diligently. Grammatical errors will jump out more easily; Context and syntax irregularities will be perceived by an unbiased mind.
That's the value of a proofreader and editor.
Afterall, written text is a representation of the author.
Sounds so familiar. It happens to the best of us.
There is no doubt, that an impartial pair of eyes will read any text with a higher awareness with respect to grammar, spelling, content and syntax. While the author of a text anticipates words and ideas expressed in her writing, her eyes skips words and mistakes hidden therein; the proofreader or editor doesn't know yet what the text contains and will read more diligently. Grammatical errors will jump out more easily; Context and syntax irregularities will be perceived by an unbiased mind.
That's the value of a proofreader and editor.
Afterall, written text is a representation of the author.
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