http://www.translatorscafe.com/cafe/MegaBBS/forum-view.asp?forumid=31 TC Discussion Forums Copyright ANVICA Software Development 2002-2009. All rights reserved. TC RSS Generator 21 Nov 2009 10:25 GMT http://www.translatorscafe.com/cafe/images/SteamingCup40.gif http://www.translatorscafe.com/cafe/MegaBBS/category-view.asp?showall=true /cafe/MegaBBS/forumthread3196msg189867.htm#189867 Jacek K.: The war in Afghanistan is "fundamental to the defense of our people" --President Obama http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/08/17/politics/politicalhotsheet/entry5247265.shtml Please, everyone, update the friendly "spider's web": Secret CIA prison revealed in Lithuania A Lithuanian ... 20 Nov 2009 13:48 GMT /cafe/MegaBBS/forumthread8577msg189712.htm#189712 Jacek K.: Thank you, dominique! More on The Word of the Year and How to Translate It This week, “unfriend” was chosen as the New Oxford American Dictionary’s Word of the Year. In multilingual circles, this quickly prompted many — including us — to ask the question, “How do ... 18 Nov 2009 16:50 GMT /cafe/MegaBBS/forumthread8577msg189709.htm#189709 dominique f.: Thank you, Jacek, for the link. For those who read French and for Frenglish amateurs, the RTBF version of this piece of news is interesting reading, http://www.rtbf.be/info/societe/internet/le-mot-de-lannee-%c2%ab-unfriend-%c2%bb-est-ne-sur-facebook-161829 , (they suggest in French " ... 18 Nov 2009 16:36 GMT /cafe/MegaBBS/forumthread2614msg189703.htm#189703 Jacek K.: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/nov/16/four-frauds-missing-8m The tools of his trade were simple enough; he made calls to banks from an internet cafe, putting on different accents to bamboozle staff, who believed he was an executive seeking an extension for an overdraft. But for Frageand Nassem, ... 18 Nov 2009 15:41 GMT /cafe/MegaBBS/forumthread8577msg189702.htm#189702 Jacek K.: http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/11/17/oxford_word_of_2009/index.html?source=newsletter I've done it lots of times. You've probably done it as well. Maybe you've even done it to me. People rarely own up to it, but it happens all time. That's why it's the New Oxford American Dictionary word of ... 18 Nov 2009 15:40 GMT /cafe/MegaBBS/forumthread5221msg189622.htm#189622 Jacek K.: CNN Paid Lou Dobbs $8 Million to Quit THINKPROGRESS: Lou Dobbs a 'publicity nightmare' for CNN. THINKPROGRESS: Medical Expert Debunks Dobbs Report Tying Immigrants To Leprosy WONK ROOM: Lou Dobbs Show Promotes Myth That 'Gaping Loophole' Will Provide Health Care Coverage For 'Illegals' 17 Nov 2009 09:38 GMT /cafe/MegaBBS/forumthread2301msg189565.htm#189565 Jacek K.: Sour as vinegar , a saying with many variants across the continent, but why? It starts with the word itself - vinum acetum means ‘wine turned sour’. Cafebabel.com unleashes its idiom of the week. http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/136751-sour-grapes (as usual, available in 10 ... 16 Nov 2009 15:34 GMT /cafe/MegaBBS/forumthread2301msg189094.htm#189094 Jacek K.: http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/131561-talking-berlin-wall 140 kilometres of wall crumbled in 1989 and hundreds of European expressions arose as it fell. Cafebabel.com's linguistic tour of Europe is flavoured this week by the 9 November event. On 9 November 1989, the zonis , as the ... 10 Nov 2009 10:40 GMT /cafe/MegaBBS/forumthread5167msg188497.htm#188497 Scott Rasmussen: Erm...I'd say her life gives support to the adage about temperament and philosophy, viz. that the latter is rooted in the former. No matter, I still find the last paragraph of this review to be in keeping with the best Randian satire: ... 3 Nov 2009 23:42 GMT /cafe/MegaBBS/forumthread5167msg188428.htm#188428 Jacek K.: Contd. http://www.slate.com/id/2233966/ Ayn Rand is one of America's great mysteries. She was an amphetamine-addicted author of sub-Dan Brown potboilers, who in her spare time wrote lavish torrents of praise for serial killers and the Bernie Madoff-style embezzlers of her day. She opposed democracy ... 3 Nov 2009 09:38 GMT