Peer review

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In science, peer review means the collective activity of researchers who consider critically the work of other researchers (their “peers”). These assessments can be for a specific search submitted for publication in a scientific journal or to be presented at … Read More

Osterbrunnen

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German tradition of the Fichtelgebirge region (the decorating of fountains for Easter with lily stylized flowers and painted eggs) dates back to the Huguenot settlement (reference article in the local press Frankenpost dating Easter 2007). However the origin of this … Read More

Survey Data for Remote Gaming Companies in the EU

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A survey instrument was developed and disseminated to all known remote gaming operators in the EU, as well as the regulatory authorities in Gibraltar and in Malta. As of mid-February 2006, a total of 19 companies from Malta, Gibraltar, and … Read More

Google SEO Guide: Make your site easier to navigate – Best Practices: site map and 404 page

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Put an HTML site map page on your site, and use an XML Sitemap file A simple site map page with links to all of the pages or the most important pages (if you have hundreds or thousands) on your … Read More

Easter Bunny

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Easter Bunny is an imaginary creature who, according to tradition, distributes, on the eve of Easter morning, a major celebration of Christianity, the colored or chocolate “Easter eggs”. This messenger is represented by a rabbit in the English-speaking regions, but … Read More

Live captioning

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Live captioning on television is a technique of displaying text at the bottom of the screen during the broadcast of a live program. Regulatory authorities in several countries require broadcasters to caption their emissions. This is particularly the case in … Read More

EU Commission accepts legally binding commitments for sale of e-books

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EU Commission accepts legally binding commitments from Simon & Schuster, Harper Collins, Hachette, Holtzbrinck and Apple for sale of e-books The European Commission has adopted a decision that renders legally binding commitments offered by Apple and four international publishers – … Read More

Financing of benevolent and public interest activities as well as events on which online sports betting relies in EU

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Restrictions on gambling services at national level are at times justified by policy reasons such as the financing of benevolent or public interest activities. Notwithstanding that the systems put in place for this purpose should comply with applicable state aid … Read More

Web translation as a genre for EU institutions

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Writing for the web is the subject of great amounts of literature, in print and on the web. There have also been many studies on multilingual websites, and the architecture and technology of multilingual websites is a rapidly developing field. … Read More

Games and traditions with Easter eggs

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Egg hunting The “egg hunt” is an old tradition. In Alsace, Germany, Switzerland and Austria, in most Länder, Easter eggs are brought by the Easter bunny (Osterhase). In fact, the rabbit, very prolific in the spring, is probably a symbol … Read More

English Translation Style Guide for EU – REFERENCES TO OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS

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THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL General. The full name of the Official Journal is Official Journal of the European Union and its official abbreviation in references is ‘OJ’. It is published in three series, ‘L’, ‘C’ and ‘S’, each serving different purposes. … Read More

Supported formats and available contents for Amazon’s Kindle

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Kindle reads the electronic document in Amazon‘s AZW proprietary format file (KF8 for the last files), it supports TXT format and MP3 audio format and audio book format but from the company Audible.com, but not EPUB format supported by many … Read More

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