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Begin: April 20, 2010  Time: 12:15 - 13:45   Room: KH: 0.014

THE ART OF TRANSLATION:

Texte der Übersetzungen für das Staatsexamen Englisch-Deutsch A: 1968 - 2002, plus B: 2002 - 2007
             www.sz.uni-erlangen.de/abteilungen/medien/medienmaterialien/skripte   [go to "Englisch - Downloads"]

A few books that might help you (to) master  the ART OF TRANSLATION:

1) Friedrich, Wolf. Technik des Übersetzens. Englisch und Deutsch. Hueber. Ismaning. 1977.
http://books.google.de/books?id=_6tY7g8JFhYC&pg=PA11&lpg=PA11&dq=Wolf+Technik+des+%C3%9Cbersetzens
+Hueber+Verlag&source=web&ots=dMALFo5ww3&sig=OcOPPc69rlAsg2SFpKU5b3WrAes&hl=de#PPP1,M1
2) Königs, Karin. Übersetzen Englisch – Deutsch. Oldenbourg. München. ²2004.       
3) Hohenadel, Christa und Will, Renate. Into German. Ein systematisches Übersetzungstraining Englisch – Deutsch. Hueber. Ismaning. 1994. more at Amazon! 
4) plus: Dieter Herms, englisch- deutsche übersetzung. Ein Arbeitsbuch für Studenten (broschiert). Hueber. Ismaning 1990.  more at Amazon!

SOME USEFUL LINKS: LINKS, LINKS, LINKS                   plus: http://www.christina-sanchez.de/

SOME ONLINE DICTIONARIES:  
1) www.leo.org  2) www.dict.cc/ 3) http://woerterbuch.reverso.net/ 4) www.woerterbuch.info/?l=en 5) www.linguee.de/ 6) www.businessdictionary.com/  
7) http://dict.uni-leipzig.de 8) www.phrasen.com/ 9) www.phrases.org.uk/meanings 10) http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/ 11)  http://odge.de/  
12) www.e-woerterbuch.de 13) www.onelook.com 14) http://dictionary.cambridge.org 15) www.peevish.co.uk/slang/index.htm 16) www.etymonline.com/  
17) http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Main_Page 18) http://falsefriends-mcsquared.blogspot.com/ 19) http://translator.ibes.org/start.htm
AND, FINALLY:  www.erlangerliste.de/ressourc/lex.html (online dictionaries GALORE!)  

ONLINE TRANSLATIONS:  
1) http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/tr 2) www.freetranslation.com  3) http://www.online-translator.com/text.asp?lang=en 4) http://translation.babylon.com/ 
5) http://translate.google.com/# ["google"] 6) http://translation2.paralink.com/  7) http://www.translation.net/instrans.html

  A) TEXTS TEXTS TEXTS TEXTS TEXTS TEXTS TEXTS TEXTS TEXTS TEXTS TEXTS TEXTS 

[text # 0: a fairly easy text that might strike you as familiar! b1) word list  b2) full word list c) model answer]

[text #00: not yet vertieft, just to get you started! b1) word list  b2) full word list c) model answer]

April 20, 2010: a) text #01 = state exam 1995 (autumn)  b1) word list  b2) full word list  c) model answer

April 27, 2010: a) text #02 = state exam 1998 (autumn)  b1) word list  b2) full word list  c) model answer

May 04, 2010: a) text #03 = state exam 2003 (spring)  b1) word list  b2) full word list  c) model answer

May 11, 2010: a) text #04 = state exam 2004 (autumn)  b1) word list  b2) full word list  c) model answer

May 18, 2010: a) text #05 = state exam 2005 (autumn)  b1) word list  b2) full word list  c) model answer

  NO SESSIONS on the following two dates, but those who feel like it can tackle the following two texts:
  [May 25, 2010 "KERWA": a) additional text #1 = state exam 1989  b1) word list  b2) full word list  c) model answer]
  [June 01, 2010 "W.E.P. not in ER": a) additional text #2 = state exam 1999 b1) word list  b2) full word list  c) model answer] 
  plus: additional text #3 (for S.B/K.Z.) plus: additional text #4 (for S.B./K.Z.)

June 08, 2010: a) text #06 = state exam 2006 (spring)  b1) word list  b2) full word list  c) model answer

June 15, 2010: a) text #07 = state exam 2007 (spring)  b1) word list  b2) full word list  c) model answer

June 22, 2010: a) text #08 = state exam 2007 (autumn)  b1) word list  b2) full word list  c) model answer

June 29, 2010: a) text #09 = state exam 2008 (spring)  b1) word list  b2) full word list  c) model answer

July 06, 2010: a) text #10 = state exam 2009 (autumn)  b1) word list  b2) full word list  c) model answer

July 13, 2010: text #11* = "MOCK EXAM":  * state exam spring 2010(!) 
                     (Sorry, text + model answer only for those who take part in the Klausur !)

July 20, 2010: RETURN OF CORRECTED/GRADED MOCK EXAM"! "EXTRAS EXTRAS EXTRAS EXTRAS EXTRAS EXTRAS EXTRAS EXTRAS EXTRAS EXTRAS 

EXTRA (1): THE ART OF TRANSLATING:                     
  a) The Dirty Hungarian Phrasebook: video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6D1YI-41ao   text: www.ibras.dk/montypython/episode25.htm 
 b) Click here for more: Monty Python links
  c) Bryce Canyon Rodeo d) English gone awry  e) "Life by Gorgeous" f) a joke
  g1)  online translations1, Der Spiegel   g2) online translations, Süddeutsche Zeitung             

EXTRA (2): IMPROVE YOUR WORD POWER:
 a) X sound: bulbous bouffant.mp3   b) text: Bulbous Bouffant, The Vestibules 
 c) ENGLISH AS SHE IS WHEELSPOKE (sic), Punch  d) WHEELSPOKE1(01-20)  e) WHEELSPOKE2(21-40) 
  f) WHEELSPOKE(41-60)   g) WHEELSPOKE (#61-80)  h) WHEELSPOKE (#81 - #100)

EXTRA (3): BRITISH GENERAL ELECTION: Thursday, May 6, 2010
 a) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_general_election,_2010 
 b) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_general_election_debates,_2010   
 first TV debate (April 15, 2010): www.youtube.com/watch?v=rk5HvJmy_yg (full debate!)
 second TV debate (April 22, 2010): www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/apr/22/election-debate-nick-clegg-storm (highlights only)
 third TV debate (April 30, 2010): www.guardian.co.uk/politics/video/2010/apr/29/final-leaders-debate-video-highlights (highlights only)
 Gordon Brown's gaffe: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wwgK8ws0ac   bigot/bigoted/bigotry: www.dict.cc/?s=bigot / www.dict.cc/?s=bigoted / www.dict.cc/?s=bigotry 
  Jeremy Paxman interviews Nick Clegg (April 13, 2010): www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHo-MrhER1Y (highlights only)
  "hung parliament": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hung_parliament 
    PRIVATE EYE, cover (April 30, 2010)
  "Well-hung election": a) front pages b) Election Cartoons  c) Monty Python ("Election Night Special"): www.youtube.com/watch?v=31FFTx6AKmU&feature=fvw 
   Crosby By-Election 1981: a) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crosby_by-election,_1981 
    b) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarquin_Fin-tim-lin-bin-whin-bim-lim-bus-stop-F%27tang-F%27tang-Ol%C3%A9-Biscuitbarrel#Candidates 

EXTRA (4): "SCHOOL": additional text #1
 a) school [cartoons]  b) grade school students (33 types) c) high school student (81 types) d) 9 types of college teachers
 e) school [translation (gke) plus model answer ]  f) school [translation (LKE) plus model answer]
 g) school  [public school]     h) Malvern College: www.malvern-college.co.uk/
 h)  X sound: Fatal Beatings.mp3  text:  Fatal Beatings (Rowan Atkinson) video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBeguUvuDzs&feature=related                            
 i)      video ("The School Master"): www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiWJWLCoH2M&feature=related
 j) First sentence of additional text #1 translated with the help of 5 free online translation services. (VERY WEIRD!!!!!!)

EXTRA (5): "FOOTBALL": 
#1) WORLD CUP 2010, COVERS & HEADLINES

#2) Monty Python: Philosophers' football match: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ur5fGSBsfq8 
      Monty Python: Literary Football: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sw8ZL_gcTSM 
      Monty Python: Literary Football (=Episode 11, text): www.ibras.dk/montypython/episode11.htm 

#3) Philosopers' football match RE-ENACTED: 
      a) http://www.philosophersfootball.com/ 
      b) http://www.philosophersfootball.com/files/press-releases/Release_Matchday_Web.pdf  = c) Relentless Teutons
#4) joke 415: http://www.wepsite.de/joke(415).htm   joke 416: http://www.wepsite.de/joke(416).htm   joke 417: http://www.wepsite.de/joke(417).htm 
#5) photo: England supporter in Erlangen

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