http://www.translatorscafe.com/cafe/MegaBBS/forum-view.asp?forumid=31 TC Discussion Forums Copyright ANVICA Software Development 2002-2008. All rights reserved. TC RSS Generator 5 Sep 2008 18:10 GMT http://www.translatorscafe.com/cafe/images/SteamingCup40.gif http://www.translatorscafe.com/cafe/MegaBBS/category-view.asp?showall=true http://www.translatorscafe.com/cafe/MegaBBS/forumthread2350msg155006.htm#155006 Scott Rasmussen: The FT has been dumbing itself down for years now; it's practically written in Simple English as it is. 4 Sep 2008 20:40 GMT http://www.translatorscafe.com/cafe/MegaBBS/forumthread2350msg154974.htm#154974 Jacek Krankowski: To follow up: Often it is the 'simple' words that cause translation difficulties Sir, I read with interest Michael Skapinker's article “A word in your ear: keep it slow and simple” (August 26), on simplified English; building as it does on his previous article “The plain and simple truth about ... 4 Sep 2008 16:28 GMT http://www.translatorscafe.com/cafe/MegaBBS/forumthread2301msg154659.htm#154659 Jacek Krankowski: On coup de tat: http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2008/08/31/yuck_factor/ And what about tat, short for tattoo? I've been seeing this more and more in print - "Angelina Jolie takes on a gats-and-tats role," "the one- or two-tat dilettante" - and though I have no aversion to tattoo, ... 1 Sep 2008 15:59 GMT http://www.translatorscafe.com/cafe/MegaBBS/forumthread12281msg154565.htm#154565 Nanna Mercer: You're so welcome, Marisa. The difficult sentence is for a calendar about the Arctic. The photos are out-of-this-world gorgeous, and I want to match the photographic beauty with linguistic ditto. Nanna 31 Aug 2008 14:04 GMT http://www.translatorscafe.com/cafe/MegaBBS/forumthread12281msg154564.htm#154564 Marisa Paván: Hi Nanna! Thanks for sharing. One never knows what the next translation project will be about. Regards, Marisa 31 Aug 2008 13:50 GMT http://www.translatorscafe.com/cafe/MegaBBS/forumthread12281msg154561.htm#154561 Nanna Mercer: For two days I have been fussing with a short sentence of only eight words. In desperation, I started surfing more or less aimlessly and found a wonderful glossary on Arctic Climatology and Meteorology from the National Snow and Ice Data Centre [NSIDC]. Don't laugh - j ust what I needed! Here's the ... 31 Aug 2008 12:02 GMT http://www.translatorscafe.com/cafe/MegaBBS/forumthread12273msg154547.htm#154547 Nanna Mercer: No worries! Polish history told in English is not only interesting, but perfectly fine, and I see no reason to move any posts ;) Nanna 30 Aug 2008 20:01 GMT http://www.translatorscafe.com/cafe/MegaBBS/forumthread12273msg154545.htm#154545 David Kallans: "castle-like" 30 Aug 2008 19:44 GMT http://www.translatorscafe.com/cafe/MegaBBS/forumthread12273msg154544.htm#154544 Dodo Kaipdodo: Sardynki w każdym razie tańsze! Not just the dialect... Some history too! I`m sure I beg your pardon, Nanna: this just calls for being moved to a Polish thread. But I`ll try and explain... Imagine a Cockney lecturing his peers in his cockney dialect and to his cockney understanding of historical ... 30 Aug 2008 19:09 GMT http://www.translatorscafe.com/cafe/MegaBBS/forumthread12273msg154542.htm#154542 Dodo Kaipdodo: We Lithuanians have one! It is "pilietiškas" ("public-spirited") derived from "pilietis" ("citizen") derived from "pilis" ("castle"). 30 Aug 2008 18:05 GMT