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 7 Nov 2009 23:52 GMT http://www.translatorscafe.com/cafe/images/SteamingCup40.gif http://www.translatorscafe.com/cafe/MegaBBS/category-view.asp?showall=true /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 /cafe/MegaBBS/forumthread5221msg188327.htm#188327 Jacek K.: Pentagon used psychological operation on US public, documents show A months-long review of documents and interviews with Pentagon personnel has revealed that the Bush Administration's military analyst program -- aimed at selling the Iraq war to the American people -- operated through a secretive ... 2 Nov 2009 09:03 GMT /cafe/MegaBBS/forumthread5117msg188303.htm#188303 Scott Rasmussen: You could also try (if you're really motivated) the very fine Style Manuals of the English-Speaking World by John Bruce Howell (Phoenix, Ariz.: Oryx Press, 1991). 1 Nov 2009 18:51 GMT /cafe/MegaBBS/forumthread5117msg188228.htm#188228 Jeff Allen: The Global English Style guide with review comments http://www.fastcashfreelance.com/2009/10/the-global-english-style-guide-writing-clear-translatable-documentation-for-a-global-market/ 31 Oct 2009 15:41 GMT /cafe/MegaBBS/forumthread5117msg188203.htm#188203 Jacek K.: Fifty Years of Simplicity as Style Strunk and White taught us that clear thinking and clear writing go together. [snip] "The Elements of Style" is after bigger game. And, these 50 years on, for any kind of writing more formal than an email, the book's central tenets are as pertinent as ... 31 Oct 2009 10:01 GMT /cafe/MegaBBS/forumthread2301msg187952.htm#187952 Liliana Boladz-Nekipelov: Translation rules do: we are talking here about foreign names in English, not that Hague should not be Den Haag in Dutch. There is not a definite article in front of Ukraine in Ukranian. They obviously do not have articles. What do we do then, in translating names into English? 28 Oct 2009 11:31 GMT /cafe/MegaBBS/forumthread2301msg187948.htm#187948 Janus Jacquet: [QUOTE]Originally written by Liliana Boladz-Nekipelov on October 28, 2009 12:13 PM Should, as originally defined by the English grammar. [/quote] Grammar does not define proper names, except possibly (in some cases) those that originated within the language itself (as, for example, when the Danish ... 28 Oct 2009 11:22 GMT /cafe/MegaBBS/forumthread2301msg187947.htm#187947 Jacek K.: Maybe it should but it is also used in various other instances described in that article. 28 Oct 2009 11:20 GMT /cafe/MegaBBS/forumthread2301msg187945.htm#187945 Nanna Mercer: A little trivia: Name and status The Hague (with capital T; Dutch : Den Haag , officially also 's-Gravenhage ) [snip] the counts of Holland used The Hague as their administrative centre and residence when in Holland. 'Des Graven Hage' literally means "the count's wood", with connotations ... 28 Oct 2009 11:17 GMT