The languages might be different but we share common interests and visions. See our tips on translating #German into #English: https://t.co/YhlPeSeMRI #translation
Now we can travel again, how about a quick road trip to Germany? Trier-Moselle-Rüdesheim-Rhine-Cologne-Monschau-Aachen (only 4 hours from Calais) would make a fantastic circular route, it has a mix of everything. #GermanyAwaitsYou
Eureko’s Tony Waine was invited to pen the Foreword to the #German edition of Weissner’s encounters with the outsider and underground figures collected in: Aufzeichnungen über Außenseiter https://t.co/MvGcQaAF9Y and edited by Berlin author Matthias Penzel #translation#culture
#Germany: Charles Bukowski, Allen Ginsberg, Andy Warhol, Bob Dylan, Frank Zappa, Leonard Cohen were just some of the American voices Carl Weissner found a #German idiom and sound for #translation#culture
#Germany: Carl Weissner brought almost the entire US counterculture of the 50s, 60s and 70s in art, music and literature to the attention of Germans between 1968 and 2012 – what an amazing legacy. #German#translation
#Germany: Carl Weissner (1940-2012) is one of Germany’s most respected and influential translators of the post-war era. And a new book of his essays and reportages that has been published by Andreas Reiffer Verlag shows why https://t.co/WAYgVzFWET #translation#culture
In 1933 the openness of Germany to the outstanding literary and artistic products of other cultures, such as that of Britain, had come to an abrupt and sad end.
Nationalism replaced internationalism.
#Germany: following the collapse of the Third Reich 75 years ago this month, Germans couldn’t consume enough thought and literature in translation, especially from the West. It was catch-up time.
The next time you visit Germany, how about a trip to the coast? High up in the north of Germany in Lower Saxony & Schleswig-Holstein is the Wadden Sea National Park, a natural UNESCO World Heritage site. If you love birding you'll be in heaven there 😍
#DiscoverGermanyFromHome
#Germany has a proud history of importing other nations’ written cultures thanks to gifted translators, for example, of Shakespeare’s entire works. #Shakespeare is still the most performed playwright in the German theatre repertoire!
Some here in English: https://t.co/GLmBBNMTfG
Translating is a human activity and art form with a very long history that has enabled people everywhere to share the very best that human minds create #translation#communication
⚽ Missing the #football? Love #languages? Check out the #IHLondon blog to discover some of the best French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish sports channels. Follow the football action while keeping up your language learning at the same time 👉 https://t.co/akIxRQICSR
Germany may be taking its first steps towards normality, but for now every night can still be movie night. We run through ten of the best German films ever made.