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

The consistency of the national gambling policy in EU

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Member States must not take, facilitate or tolerate measures that would run counter to the achievement of the stated objectives of a given national measure. Thus, restrictions on gaming activities are suitable to achieve their public interest objectives only insofar … Read More

English Translation Style Guide for EU – Writing English – PUNCTUATION – DASHES, BRACKETS, MARKS

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DASHES Dashes vs hyphens. Most users of word processors do not distinguish between dashes and hyphens, using hyphens to represent both short dashes (‘en’ dashes = –) and long dashes (‘em’ dashes = —) commonly used in typeset documents. However, … Read More

Computer science

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Computer science is a scientific, technical and industrial field  for the automatic processing of information through the execution of computer programs by machines: embedded systems, computers, robots, controllers, etc. These scopes can be separated into two branches, one theoretical in … Read More

MEMORIAL 1989, 2 (12) / 2013, Timişoara

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Buletin ştiinţific şi de informare    MEMORIALUL REVOLUŢIEI 16-22 DECEMBRIE 1989  CENTRUL NAŢIONAL DE DOCUMENTARE,  CERCETARE ŞI INFORMARE PUBLICĂ DESPRE  REVOLUŢIA DIN DECEMBRIE 1989    STUDII  Richard Andrew Hall – Rescrierea istoriei revoluţiei. Triumful revizionismului securist în România de după … Read More

Estimating the Economic Impact of Remote Gambling in Europe

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The general questions that need to be asked and answered are: – How much remote gambling will be supplied out of Europe by 2011? – How much of this will be supplied to EU consumers and how much to non-EU … Read More

EU Clear English Tips for Translators – Prefer a gerund to an abstract noun

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Change > to the preservation of public health > preserving public health by the introduction of a speed limit > by introducing a speed limit the cost of the provision of a service > the cost of providing a service … Read More

Stephen Hawking: “There is no black hole”

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Stephen Hawking came on the front of the scene in July 2004 with a new theory about black holes which goes against his own old theory, losing a bet that he and Kip Thorne had made with John Preskill, a … Read More

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