Author Archives: Nicolae Sfetcu

In 2014, 64 programs from 20 countries are members/observers of EMT against 54 in 2010: Germany MA Fachübersetzen, Fachhochschule Köln, Institut für Translation und Mehrsprachige Kommunikation (Cologne) Master Translatologie, Universität Leipzig, Institut für Angewandte Linguistik und Translatologie (Leipzig) Austria Übersetzen … Read More

Dimension (from Latin “measured out”) is, in essence, the number of degrees of freedom available for movement in a space. (In common usage, the dimensions of an object are the measurements that define its shape and size. That usage is … Read More

Prohibitions and restrictions Specific prohibitions and restrictions with respect to lotteries include: – Prohibition to establish a branch abroad or acquire a qualified participation in a foreign company if such an acquisition would result in a reduction in revenue from … Read More

Full name: Federal Republic of Germany. The full name is no longer obligatory in all contexts, as was the case before unification. Official language: German. Geography Cities Use the forms Cologne, Munich and Nuremberg. Otherwise, retain the original spelling, including … Read More

Afterlife in Buddhism (Bhavachakra) In the original Buddhism, the living beings (sattva) fall into Six Destinies (gati), according to the acts of which they feel the reward according to the deeds of past lives: 1) inhabitants of the underworld (naraka, … Read More

Joomla, one of the world’s most popular open source content management systems (CMS), announced today the launch of its new service: Joomla.com. Users can now create and build freely hosted Joomla websites. The project is run in partnership with SiteGround … Read More

General. In deciding whether to write numbers in words or figures, the first consideration should be consistency within a passage. As a general rule write low numbers (up to nine inclusive) in words and larger numbers (10 and above) in … Read More

The CJEU has accepted in steady case-law111 that Member States may justify limitations on the number of operators allowed to offer games of chance by invoking the objective of “preventing the use of betting and gaming activities for criminal or … Read More

Use the passive voice sparingly Change > to An extension may be requested by any party. > Any party may request an extension. This project was rejected at Commission level. > The Commission rejected the project. A meeting was held … Read More

Counterculture is a cultural protest movement. It can coexist simultaneously several countercultures within the same society This neologism is generally attributed to the sociologist Theodore Roszak, who published in 1969 The Making of a Counter Culture. The term “counterculture” is … Read More

a. Betting Betting firms have offered ‘remote’ services via the telephone for decades, subject to clients having accounts with the bookmaker. More recent innovations in information technology extend the possibility of interactivity to screens in mobile phones, as well as … Read More

European Master’s in Translation (EMT) is a partnership between the Directorate-General for Translation (DGT) of the European Commission and the higher education institutions offering translation courses. This partnership takes the form of the EMT label award to satisfactory training complying … Read More