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Why you should collaborate with your translation colleagues
When recently filling in an online registration form for a translation agency, I was asked to indicate whether I was collaborating with other colleagues and ...
Fledermaus
Fans of the opera might be familiar with this week's German word, Fledermaus,since German composer Richard Strauss wrote an operetta of the same name: Die Fledermaus ...
Torschützenkönig
For this week's German Word of the Week we're looking at a term in the world of sports, more precisely football (soccer): Torschützenkönig, the top scorer at ...
Amtsschimmel
Amtsschimmel basically means "red tape". However, it's composition is interesting. The first part of the word, "Amt", means "office" and "Schimmel" either refers to "mildew", "grey ...
Doppelgänger
Doppelgänger [ˈdɔpəlˌɡɛŋɐ] In German, a Doppelgänger is simply a person that physically resembles another person to the extent of mistaken identity. A lookalike. In English, however, ...