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Apr 23, 2014, 5:32 am
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I have noticed in certain tradeshows/conferences that this Denglish sometimes is interpreted as a positive thing, as its in some ways connected with german engineering quality.
Apr 23, 2014, 6:19 am
#437
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An inhouse translation unit is great, but sometimes the "4-eyes-principle" is better.
So just send the material after the translation to any of the subsidiaries in the target country and a native speaker (needn't to be a language professional) can give your translators valuable hints. Especially in view of the cultural context.
So you can combine language ability with local knowledge.
Apr 23, 2014, 6:48 am
#438
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Apr 23, 2014, 9:47 am
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An inhouse translation unit is great, but sometimes the "4-eyes-principle" is better.
So just send the material after the translation to any of the subsidiaries in the target country and a native speaker (needn't to be a language professional) can give your translators valuable hints. Especially in view of the cultural context.
So you can combine language ability with local knowledge.
So just send the material after the translation to any of the subsidiaries in the target country and a native speaker (needn't to be a language professional) can give your translators valuable hints. Especially in view of the cultural context.
So you can combine language ability with local knowledge.
I got this too, but I can't seem to find such fares on the days I want to travel...
Apr 23, 2014, 10:02 am
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Despite even published examples to the contrary, many of my colleagues would rather believe what some idiot taught them in their advanced English course in school than what native speakers, some with formal language training, try to tell them is correct. The effect is also sometimes compounded by the belief (also often promulgated by said English teachers) that there is such a thing as standard English that is recognized worldwide.
Apr 23, 2014, 10:10 am
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I am starting to conclude that one of the most powerful people in German society is the 8th-grade English teacher.
Despite even published examples to the contrary, many of my colleagues would rather believe what some idiot taught them in their advanced English course in school than what native speakers, some with formal language training, try to tell them is correct. The effect is also sometimes compounded by the belief (also often promulgated by said English teachers) that there is such a thing as standard English that is recognized worldwide.
Despite even published examples to the contrary, many of my colleagues would rather believe what some idiot taught them in their advanced English course in school than what native speakers, some with formal language training, try to tell them is correct. The effect is also sometimes compounded by the belief (also often promulgated by said English teachers) that there is such a thing as standard English that is recognized worldwide.
Apr 23, 2014, 12:56 pm
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You'd be surprised how many otherwise sensible firms take a completely unprofessional approach to translations. It's not at all unusual to hear of assignments being given to someone's son/daughter on the basis that they just spent a semester in Spain/France/England.
Apr 24, 2014, 1:41 am
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Yep, some years back I helped my cousins son with his English homework and pretty much everything I did was wrong according to the 8th grade teacher who corrected his homework. 
Apr 24, 2014, 4:12 am
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I think its more like the effect of germans rule and authority mania, and its hard to get as much (relatively speaking) authority on a german adult, as an elementary school teacher has on a school kid. So you have little chance of "overwriting" what they learned back then.
Apr 24, 2014, 11:36 am
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HTB.
Apr 24, 2014, 11:55 am
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Apr 24, 2014, 12:22 pm
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The sentence is fine apart from the missing apostrophe, which we can put down to a slip of the fingers. Americans would add some commas. I wouldn't.
But of course in this thread the opinions of native speakers of English aren't really helpful.
Lufthansa: nonstop muppets.
But of course in this thread the opinions of native speakers of English aren't really helpful.
Lufthansa: nonstop muppets.
Apr 25, 2014, 12:48 am
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. When I mentioned to a German colleague that the ISC qualifies one to study in the UK as if you have the required GCSE A levels, the response was an instant: 'people who can't manage the abitur in Germany go to the UK to do A levels'
Apr 25, 2014, 1:04 am
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Yep, I would blame the fact that I have a ISC . When I mentioned to a German colleague that the ISC qualifies one to study in the UK as if you have the required GCSE A levels, the response was an instant: 'people who can't manage the abitur in Germany go to the UK to do A levels'
. When I mentioned to a German colleague that the ISC qualifies one to study in the UK as if you have the required GCSE A levels, the response was an instant: 'people who can't manage the abitur in Germany go to the UK to do A levels' Don't hold back, tell us how you really feel..
Apr 25, 2014, 1:21 am
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Kingdom of Sports
Fat kills. Kill fat.
Silhouette
Feel LITE. Show STYLE.
MUSTANG
It’s not wrong to be true.
A senior art director only needs 4 years of experience:
http://www.kolle-rebbe.de/en/jobs/
Their 137 employees on Xing are a mixed bag:
https://www.xing.com/companies/kollerebbegmbh/employees