Gambling in France

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The regulation of gambling in France is based on a general prohibition principle that dates back to the nineteenth century. It is stated in the law of 21 May 1836 (which prohibits lotteries of all kinds), of 12 July 1983 … Read More

Fork bomb

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The fork bomb is a form of denial of service attack against a computer system. It relies on the assumption that the number of programs and processes which may be simultaneously executed on a computer has a limit. A fork … Read More

English Translation Style Guide for EU – Writing English – APOSTROPHE

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Possessive of nouns. The possessive form of nouns is marked by an apostrophe followed by an -s. After the plural ending ‘s’, however, the possessive -s is omitted: the owner’s car women’s rights footballers’ earnings one month’s / four months’ … Read More

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Write in the message window the following data: 1) Name, 2) Personal email address, 3) Language you prefer for the book (English, Romanian, either), 4) Digital format you wish to receive the e-book (EPUB, Kindle, PDF). The book will be … Read More

Sports betting odds

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Sports betting is to bet money on a sports event. There are many types of bets, the most simple are to bet on the victory of a particular team. Each bet has an odd that allows to know in advance, … Read More

EU Clear English Tips for Translators – Prefer participles to relative clauses

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Change > to a project which is funded by the EU > a project funded by the EU / an EU-funded project a plan which has been approved by the Committee > a plan approved by the Committee the team … Read More

Ourashima Taro and the Ocean Goddess

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There was once, in the land of Tango, a village named Mizunoe. In this village there lived a fisherman named Ourashima Taro. He was a good man, sensitive and good at heart who, in his life, had never desired to … Read More

Beautiful infidels in translation

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Beautiful infidels are “translations that, to please and conform to the taste and decorum of the time, are versions ‘revised and corrected’ by conscious translators (too, no doubt) of their language and their judgment superiority “. (Paul Horguelin) In the … Read More

Gambling Restrictions upon Arts. 43 and 49 EC Treaty in Belgium

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Justification National measure Compatibility with EC law, in particular with the principle of proportionality Public order, money laundering crime National measure Section 4 of the Act of 7 May 1999 (MB 30.12.1999) prohibits the organization of gambling, except legal authorization. … Read More

Finland Translation Style Guide

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Full name: Republic of Finland. Call the country’s main administrative/regional units (lääni) ‘provinces’ in English. Official languages: Finnish and Swedish. Geography Cities Finland is a bilingual country, and many cities and localities have official names in both Finnish and Swedish. … Read More

General Barriers for Gambling in EU

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General principle of prohibition A number of Member States proscriptively consider that gambling is prohibited on their territories, except in so far as exceptions are provided by law (this is true of Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, … Read More

The Donkey

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There was, in a village, a poor old woman who had for company a small donkey. She loved him a lot because he was smart and good, and seemed happy to carry on his back garden vegetables market of the … Read More

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