MEMORIAL 1989, 2013, Timişoara

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Scientific and Information Bulletin MEMORIALUL REVOLUŢIEI 16-22 DECEMBRIE 1989 The National Center of Documentation, Research and Public Informing on the Romanian Revolution Foreword …………………………………………………………………………………………. 3 Victor Neumann The Civic Spirit of Timişoara during the National-Communist Years ……….. 6 Georg Herbstritt … Read More

Establishment and licensing of on-line gambling services in EU

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According to the Court’s case law under Article 49 TFEU, the concept of establishment is a very broad one, allowing an EU national to participate, on a stable and continuous basis, in the economic life of a Member State other … Read More

False friends in translation

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False friends are words from two different languages that have a great similarity in shape but whose meanings are different. When they have some common meanings, they are “partial false friends“. For example, in Italian, ricetta means “recipe (for kitchen)” … Read More

Observations on the EU Casino Gambling Sector

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Casino industries in the EU Member States operate under tax regimes, ownership structures, and regulatory constraints that affect the industries’ size, market power, ability to service customers, and ability to attract financial capital. In many Member States, casinos are granted … Read More

Estonia Translation Style Guide

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Full name: Republic of Estonia. Official language: Estonian. Geography Cities Leave the names of urban centres, irrespective of size, in their original Estonian form, including diacritics (e.g. Pärnu, Kohtla-Järve, Võru, Põlva, etc.). Be aware that historical names exist for some … Read More

English Translation Style Guide for EU – Writing English – PUNCTUATION – COMMA

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Items in a series Here, the comma may be considered to stand for a missing ‘and’ or ‘or’. John mowed the lawn, Mary did the cooking and Frank lazed around. He came, saw and conquered. The committee considered sugar, beef … Read More

Gambling in Finland

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The gambling games are very popular in Finland and their supply is diverse. The market is essentially governed by the law of 23.11.2001 on lotteries (Lotterilag 23.11.2001 / 1047). This applies to a wide range of activities and games like … Read More

Drupal concepts and terminology – Nodes and content types

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Nodes and content types The node is the central element of content model used by Drupal. In its simplest version, a node is a generic object composed of a title and a text content. The power of Drupal is the … Read More

Probability in games of chance

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One of the player’s goal is to find an optimal method to win the game. We say that the players play a martingale. It should not be confused with the martingale probability which is a stochastic process such that its … Read More

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

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Change > to carry out an evaluation of performance > evaluate performance conduct an investigation into fraud > investigate fraud perform an audit of operations > audit operations give consideration to consumers’ concerns > consider consumers’ concerns secure the involvement … Read More

Modern theories of art

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(Genco Gulan, “Hermes Walker” (2009) 50 cm * 50 cm * 90 cm, Ozil Collection) Without a clear distinction, it can be argued that theories of art treat this subject in a more general way than aesthetics. For example, a … Read More

Translation process in machine translation

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(Vauquois Triangle, model for the foundation of the machine translation) The translation process (in the human sense) can be divided into three phases: understanding: assimilation of the meaning conveyed by a text, the mean of a writer …; deverbalisation: forgetting … Read More

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