Contemporary perception of the immortality of the body

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(Fountain of Eternal Life in Cleveland (Ohio), United States) Observation in the animal kingdom Biological forms have limitations that man dreams to overtaken by medical interventions or engineering, or a cellular rejuvenation, or cellular reprogramming. Natural selection has developed a … Read More

Client/server architecture

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Internet and most networks use the principle of client/server. Servers across the globe provide certain types of services, and clients (PCs, laptops or mobile) connects them to access the information. The main reasons for using so wide of this architecture … Read More

Internet and Intranet

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Computers are connected in local area , metropolitan or wide area networks. In turn, the networks are linked together in what is called the Internet. The Internet is a global network of computers. Any computer connected to the Internet can … Read More

Cannabinoids

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Cannabinoids are a group of chemicals which activate the body’s cannabinoid receptors. Before other types were discovered, the term referred to a unique group of secondary metabolites found in the cannabis plant, which are responsible for the plant’s peculiar pharmacological … Read More

Wireless LAN

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Wireless LAN, also known under the names of WLAN, 802.11 or WiFi, although the most recent connection method in recent years has seen an unprecedented rise in popularity. This popularity is due even to its main characteristics: lack of cables. … Read More

Most important gambling areas

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Whilst you will discover casinos in several locations, a number of areas have grow to be well-known particularly for gambling. Possibly the spot virtually defined by its casino is Monte Carlo, but other areas are recognized as well as gambling … Read More

Optical fibers

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Fiber optics is a fairly recent technology and leads to much higher capacities for transmitting computer data, being generally used between important nodes in the network or between networks. While still relatively expensive and difficult to handle and connected, optical … Read More

Stephen Crane, “God Lay Dead in Heaven”

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 God lay dead in heaven;  Angels sang the hymn of the end;  Purple winds went moaning,  Their wings drip-dripping  With blood  That fell upon the earth.  It, groaning thing,  Turned black and sank.  Then from the far caverns  Of dead … Read More

EU Translation Guide: Beware of false friends, jargon and abbreviations – Take care with abbreviations

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Too many unfamiliar abbreviations can make a document incomprehensible and send your reader to sleep: (ERDF + EAGGF + CAP = ZZZ). If the meaning ofan abbreviation might not be clear to your reader, you should: write them out in … Read More

Games

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A game is an (frequently, but not usually recreational) activity involving one or much more players. This could be defined by either a objective that the players attempt to attain, or some set of guidelines that determines what the players … Read More

EU Translation Guide: Beware of false friends, jargon and abbreviations – Avoid or explain jargon

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Jargon is vocabulary used by any group of insiders or specialists to communicate with each other, and is acceptable in documents which are only read by that group. However, outsiders (especially the general public) will have to work harder than … Read More

EU Translation Guide: Beware of false friends, jargon and abbreviations – Avoid false friends

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False friends (or faux amis) are pairs of words in two languages that look similar but differ in meaning. In a multilingual environment like the European Commission, we often mix up our languages. Borrowing between French end English is common. … Read More

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