(Open-pit gold mine near Rosia Montana, Alba, Romania, part of the gold mines targeted by BSG Resources, Beny Steinmetz’s company in Romania) Beny Steinmetz, one of the richest men in Israel, was detained on suspicion that he paid tens of … Read More
There is no doubt about it: people prefer reading in their own language. The Commission’s Communication DG has repeated many times that the multiplicity of languages presents a real challenge for the creation of what they term a “European public … Read More
Polish parliament was blocked these days by protesters, helped by opposition, with accusations of fraud in voting laws and threats on media freedom. Demonstrations were also held in several cities in Poland, including protests of environmentalists and miners. The demonstrators … Read More
(The interior of Parliament House, https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fi%C8%99ier:EPP_Congress_2364_(8096729413).jpg) In Bucharest are located the Parliament (House of Parliament or House of the People), the Government, and the Romanian Presidency. Also there are located numerous cultural institutions, such as the Romanian Academy (founded in … Read More
The reference group translators occasionally modify the contents of the texts they translate, but this is not done as routinely as adjusting the order of elements or the style and level of details. Among the clearest examples of localisation was … Read More
(Financial Center Plaza, https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fi%C8%99ier:Financial_Plaza_Bucuresti_1.jpg) Bucharest is the largest economic center of Romania. In 2010 the capital has made about 22.7% of the GDP of Romania and, together with Ilfov county, 25.3% according to specialized institutions, and GDP/inhabitant was with 240% … Read More
Game type: trick-taking game Players: 4 Skills required: Memory, tactics, probability, communication Cards: 52 Deck: French Play: Clockwise Card rank: (highest to lowest) A K Q J 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 Playing time: WBF tournament … Read More
“You can only convince Swedes through facts, not words. The web texts should explain what has been achieved, not tell how great we are.” The Swedish and Slovenian translators, in particular, mentioned that they avoided using writing styles that might … Read More
(The mock-up of the new headquarters of Facebook, Menlo Park, 2016) Facebook City, or Zee-Town (from Zuckerberg) is an important project from 2012, for the creation of a new ideal city/urbanization of about 80 hectares, by Mark Zuckerberg, founding CEO … Read More
(Romanian Patriarchal Cathedral, https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fi%C8%99ier:Flickr_-_fusion-of-horizons_-_Catedrala_Patriarhal%C4%83_(2).jpg) The ethnic composition of Bucharest: Romanian (85.95%) Roma (1.27%) Unknown (11.68%) Other ethnicities (1.1%) The religious composition of Bucharest: Orthodox (84.31%) Roman Catholics (1.17%) Unknown (11.8%) Other religion (2.72%) According to the census conducted in 2011, … Read More
(Venice, Italy) “The readership of websites is more varied than the readership of legal texts, which makes adopting the most appropriate style a matter of thought.” To the extent that the Internet has its own mode of expression – more … Read More
In Catholicism, The great Os, sometimes called “Major Antiphons”, or “O before the Christmas”, are antiphonies sung of Vespers of Advent in the week preceding the Feast of the Nativity. Tradition had been respected since about the eighth century in … Read More
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