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About Philipp Strazny
Philipp Strazny was born in Germany and completed an M.A. in English, Philosophy, and Sociology at the University of Cologne with a genre study on Spaghetti Westerns as final thesis. He then moved to the U.S. in the mid nineties and added an M.A. in Linguistics and Computer Sciences at the UW-Madison. This led to him editing an "Encyclopedia of Linguistics." Over more than two decades, he has been working as localizer and web programmer for The Geo Group, a Madison-based translation agency. On the side, he enjoys translating literature. He and his family live in Manitowoc, WI.
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Blog postAbschied von TobiGrab eines Lakota
Letzte Woche kam die traurige Nachricht. Leider nicht ganz unerwartet, denn Tobi hatte schon nicht gut ausgesehen, als ich ihm vor ungefähr zehn Jahren kurz über den Weg gelaufen bin. Ich hatte mir damals nicht viel dabei gedacht. Wer weiß, dachte ich, vielleicht erschrecken Leute ja auch, wenn sie meine Fresse sehen und noch den Philipp vom Humboldt im Kopf haben.
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Blog postThe newest health craze from Germany: Low Carp- A severe case of final devoicing
I was just minding my own business, browsing through the daily news, when I stumbled over this beauty:
German has final devoicing. Final consonants are pronounced voiceless: "d" becomes "t" at the end of a word. This is a crucial feature of a German accent in English. Germans have trouble saying "bad" and say "bat" instead. Michael Jackson, rendered by a Ger3 years ago Read more -
Blog postLudwig Thoma: Rascal Stories(Lausbubengeschichten)
This is a book written in 1905 that was handed down in our family through the generations. We all received it as children, although it is debatable whether this is a "children's book". Sure, it is somewhat of a coming-of-age story, a (pseudo?) memoir of a teenager around 1900.
For us, it is interesting to read, because it gives a glimpse of life far removed and yet quite familiar. Ludwig tells of his pranks at school4 years ago Read more -
Blog postI started noticing scammer authors mainly because I signed up with Babelcube, a service connecting authors with translators. As an aside, I have nothing against Babelcube - I think their service is very interesting and if they manage to earn money, all the power to them.
When I had a look around for books I may want to translate, I was focusing on shorter books, because full-length novels seemed too risky and the royalty share appeared too low to make it worthwhile. Among the short4 years ago Read more -
Blog postIn my brief ventures into the book publishing world, it was quite interesting to learn about the tricks of the trade. With tricks, I mean tricks, schemes, scams, whatever you want to call it. There are people angling for a quick buck all over the place, every step of the way, and every single role in the publishing business can be assumed by a scammer: author, translator, publisher. Here's the first of their stories.
The Scam Author
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Blog postMy activities as a translator of literature in the broadest sense started a few months ago, out of pure curiosity. I have been in the translation industry since the mid 1990s, first as a freelance translator of technical documentation and, since 2000, as full-time employee in a translation agency. Over the years, I encountered many different types of service and software vendors, but I was intrigued when I read about this company called Babelcube. Their business model is very different from &quo4 years ago Read more
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Blog postFranz Kafka: Investigations of a Dog
Have you read Kafka before or tried to read Kafka? Did you find his prose difficult? If so, the translation was likely somehow inadequate.
The truth is: Kafka wrote beautifully simple. With depth, yes, but using plain language.
As with other great literature, you can read his stories and enjoy intriguing or funny snippets. Or, if you are so inclined, you can dig as deep as you care to go. Or simply read and reread and see what you dis4 years ago Read more -
Blog postYesterday I watched two short lectures on mechanical and electrical forces in the cell. The first focused on how bacteria or muscle cells move by constantly building filaments, i.e. hair-like strings of proteins, that push against the membrane.
The second lecture mainly discussed how electrical action potentials in neurons are created via cascading opening and closing of ion channels in the cell membrane.
In order for a bacterium to visibly move, it probably has to sti8 years ago Read more
Titles By Philipp Strazny
Investigations of a Dog
Nov 4, 2016
$2.99
"Investigations of a Dog" (German: "Forschungen eines Hundes") is a short story by Franz Kafka (3 July 1883 – 3 June 1924) written in 1922. It was published posthumously in 1931. Kafka wanted his unfinished manuscripts to be destroyed by his friend Max Brod, who nonetheless published them after Kafka's death, including this one.
In "Investigations of a Dog", a dog tells of his attempts to make sense of his life and condition in the most rational and scientific manner of which he is capable. The reader knows things that the dog in his limited understanding cannot grasp, which creates dramatic irony. With numerous self-contradictory statements by the dog and hilarious word choices (for example, mentioning scientific pursuits and basest body functions in one breath), the story presents a humorous and timelessly valid reflection on anthropocentrism and scientific hubris. And when you take your dog for a walk next time, you may be less impatient when it insists on lots of conscientious inspection in selecting the best place for watering the ground...
In contrast to previous efforts, the present translation attempts to transport Kafka's poetically plain language into modern usage, avoiding Latinate terminology that would lend the text pretensions that the original simply does not have.
In "Investigations of a Dog", a dog tells of his attempts to make sense of his life and condition in the most rational and scientific manner of which he is capable. The reader knows things that the dog in his limited understanding cannot grasp, which creates dramatic irony. With numerous self-contradictory statements by the dog and hilarious word choices (for example, mentioning scientific pursuits and basest body functions in one breath), the story presents a humorous and timelessly valid reflection on anthropocentrism and scientific hubris. And when you take your dog for a walk next time, you may be less impatient when it insists on lots of conscientious inspection in selecting the best place for watering the ground...
In contrast to previous efforts, the present translation attempts to transport Kafka's poetically plain language into modern usage, avoiding Latinate terminology that would lend the text pretensions that the original simply does not have.
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Mehr als 30 Leckere und Einfache Rezepte zum Abnehmen mit Grünen Smoothies
Erfahren Sie, warum Grüne Smoothies das am besten gehütete Geheimnis zum Abnehmen sind!
Grüne Smoothies zum Abnehmen ist eine Sammlung mit 30 einfachen Smoothie-Rezepten für alle, die sicheres und effektives Abnehmen anstreben. Eine tolle Handreichung für ernährungsbewusste Menschen, die auf dem Weg zu einem gesunden Körper auch ein paar Zentimeter und Pfunde verlieren möchten.
Das Buch enthält mehr als 30 verschiedene Rezepte für Grüne Smoothies, die die unglaubliche Kraft von grünem Blattgemüse nutzen, ohne auf Milch- oder Getreideprodukte zurückzugreifen. Diese Sammlung von Smoothie-Rezepten hilft beim Abnehmen auf genussvolle aber nachhaltige Weise. Diese Rezepte sind in der Herstellung einfach und billig und daher auch für Neueinsteiger in ein gesundes, effektives Abnehmprogramm geeignet.
In Grüne Smoothies zum Abnehmen lernen Sie:
Wie man die von der USDA empfohlene Tagesdosis für Gemüse und Obst erreichen kann
Wie man Gemüse und Obst zubereitet
Welche Zutaten für die besten Getränke ideal sind
Wie man durch kleine Abänderungen bitteren Geschmack abschwächen kann
Wie man einen Smoothie nach Wunsch verdicken kann
Mehr als 30 verschiedene Rezepte für Grüne Smoothies
Rezepte, die Veganern, Vegetariern UND Fleischessern munden
Und vieles mehr!
Dieses Buch enthält einen Glossar für Zutaten mit Erläuterungen der Vorzüge und optimalen Verwendung in den Rezepten. Der Zutatenglossar dient dem besseren Verständnis davon, warum das jeweilige Obst oder Gemüse ideal zum Abnehmen und einer gesunden Lebensweise passt.
Grüne Smoothies zum Abnehmen ist ein hervorragendes Begleitbuch zu Dale L. Roberts The Best Juicing Recipes for Weight Loss. Diese ergänzen sich gut und machen das Beste aus Ihrem Abnehmprogramm.
Scrollen Sie nach oben und klicken Sie auf "Jetzt kaufen"
Erfahren Sie, warum Grüne Smoothies das am besten gehütete Geheimnis zum Abnehmen sind!
Grüne Smoothies zum Abnehmen ist eine Sammlung mit 30 einfachen Smoothie-Rezepten für alle, die sicheres und effektives Abnehmen anstreben. Eine tolle Handreichung für ernährungsbewusste Menschen, die auf dem Weg zu einem gesunden Körper auch ein paar Zentimeter und Pfunde verlieren möchten.
Das Buch enthält mehr als 30 verschiedene Rezepte für Grüne Smoothies, die die unglaubliche Kraft von grünem Blattgemüse nutzen, ohne auf Milch- oder Getreideprodukte zurückzugreifen. Diese Sammlung von Smoothie-Rezepten hilft beim Abnehmen auf genussvolle aber nachhaltige Weise. Diese Rezepte sind in der Herstellung einfach und billig und daher auch für Neueinsteiger in ein gesundes, effektives Abnehmprogramm geeignet.
In Grüne Smoothies zum Abnehmen lernen Sie:
Wie man die von der USDA empfohlene Tagesdosis für Gemüse und Obst erreichen kann
Wie man Gemüse und Obst zubereitet
Welche Zutaten für die besten Getränke ideal sind
Wie man durch kleine Abänderungen bitteren Geschmack abschwächen kann
Wie man einen Smoothie nach Wunsch verdicken kann
Mehr als 30 verschiedene Rezepte für Grüne Smoothies
Rezepte, die Veganern, Vegetariern UND Fleischessern munden
Und vieles mehr!
Dieses Buch enthält einen Glossar für Zutaten mit Erläuterungen der Vorzüge und optimalen Verwendung in den Rezepten. Der Zutatenglossar dient dem besseren Verständnis davon, warum das jeweilige Obst oder Gemüse ideal zum Abnehmen und einer gesunden Lebensweise passt.
Grüne Smoothies zum Abnehmen ist ein hervorragendes Begleitbuch zu Dale L. Roberts The Best Juicing Recipes for Weight Loss. Diese ergänzen sich gut und machen das Beste aus Ihrem Abnehmprogramm.
Scrollen Sie nach oben und klicken Sie auf "Jetzt kaufen"
BI and Big Data Management
Dec 17, 2017
$10.00
Companies increasingly recognize that the analysis of business information (business intelligence) can generate decisive competitive advantages. In addition, the compliance guidelines BCBS 239, Basel II and III, SOX, and Solvency II have led to legal requirements for a minimum level of quality in reporting and planning data and processes. The establishment of enterprise-wide data management thus continues to be one of the major challenges for IT and management in the years to come.
Data quality is an integral success factor in the establishment of an optimal information infrastructure. A 2002 study from "The Data Warehousing Institutes" (TDWI) calculates that poor data quality in the US cost about $622 billion. Gartner market research stated in 2006: Poor data quality costs a typical organization 20% of revenue….
The worldwide financial and economic crisis after 2007 can retrospectively also be regarded as a data quality crisis. Despite far-reaching compliance requirements, many financial service companies have not been able to aggregate and prepare their risk data in a way to adequately control their risks, and they are still struggling in 2017.
In the era of Big Data, data is viewed as the new oil and the available data volume worldwide multiplies every year. The requirements for transparency and data stream quality continue to increase, because these are considered essential for partially or completely new applications in decision support and other areas.
But what use are larger data piles when quality and origin remain uncertain and when the costs for development and operation in data maintenance, integration, and analysis are proportional to the data volume?
"Data quality is not everything, but without quality of data, it is all nothing."
Metadata and metadata management are important aids for ensuring adequate data quality.
The goal of this book is to take the current concepts and trends and tune th
Data quality is an integral success factor in the establishment of an optimal information infrastructure. A 2002 study from "The Data Warehousing Institutes" (TDWI) calculates that poor data quality in the US cost about $622 billion. Gartner market research stated in 2006: Poor data quality costs a typical organization 20% of revenue….
The worldwide financial and economic crisis after 2007 can retrospectively also be regarded as a data quality crisis. Despite far-reaching compliance requirements, many financial service companies have not been able to aggregate and prepare their risk data in a way to adequately control their risks, and they are still struggling in 2017.
In the era of Big Data, data is viewed as the new oil and the available data volume worldwide multiplies every year. The requirements for transparency and data stream quality continue to increase, because these are considered essential for partially or completely new applications in decision support and other areas.
But what use are larger data piles when quality and origin remain uncertain and when the costs for development and operation in data maintenance, integration, and analysis are proportional to the data volume?
"Data quality is not everything, but without quality of data, it is all nothing."
Metadata and metadata management are important aids for ensuring adequate data quality.
The goal of this book is to take the current concepts and trends and tune th
Rascal Stories
May 1, 2017
$3.99
In the Rascal Stories, Ludwig Thoma recounts his school time and his numerous run-ins with authority figures. Many German children and adults alike have enjoyed the unflattering descriptions of rich and important neighbors, arrogant teachers, self-righteous clerics, and annoying relatives. The situational comedy will have you chuckle and some off-hand remarks will leave it up to you to imagine outrageous scenes. You can read this book to catch a glimpse of 1900 Bavarian society, or to simply enjoy the ride.
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Rascal Stories: bilingual German-English
Apr 29, 2017
$6.99
In the Rascal Stories, Ludwig Thoma recounts his school time and his numerous run-ins with authority figures. Many German children and adults alike have enjoyed the unflattering descriptions of rich and important neighbors, arrogant teachers, self-righteous clerics, and annoying relatives. The situational comedy will have you chuckle and some off-hand remarks will leave it up to you to imagine outrageous scenes. You can read this book to catch a glimpse of 1900 Bavarian society, or to simply enjoy the ride.
In this translator's edition, the original German is presented side by side with the English translation. Students of German will find it a useful tool for language learning and students of German literature and society will find explanations to text passages that otherwise might remain relatively inaccessible.
In this translator's edition, the original German is presented side by side with the English translation. Students of German will find it a useful tool for language learning and students of German literature and society will find explanations to text passages that otherwise might remain relatively inaccessible.
Traveling on a Low Budget
Sep 19, 2016
$4.00
Why do I think that I can give you advice on low-budget traveling? After paying for flight tickets, I set out on my great journey with less than $8,000. Along the way, I earned a few additional bucks. If you factor in my Round the World Ticket, my eight months pretty much ended up costing me $9,100 in total. In principle you could travel even more economically, but I was truly on the go at all times, made numerous excursions, and saw and experienced a ton. I visited four continents and 13 countries. In South America alone, I covered more than 12,000 miles in overland buses. Traveling on a Low Budget is a supplement to My Trip Around the World - A Dream Come True, a book about the emotional side, the ups and downs of my world trip. It's about me, my experiences, and how I handled them, and perhaps also about how these experiences made me a new person.
While you can catch a glimpse there of my inner being, my soul, in an open and honest account of my experiences and feelings, you will now get facts. Pure information, tips and tricks for traveling with little cash.
Traveling on a Low Budget is a guide for all low-budget travelers. It contains tips and tricks for saving money in the following areas:
- Transportation
- Accommodation
- Meals
- Recreation
Traveling on a Low Budget is for all those who have always wanted to go on a long-term journey or a trip around the world but thought they could not afford it. It is also for those who appreciate some useful tips on traveling with less cost because this allows them to spend more time on the move.
While you can catch a glimpse there of my inner being, my soul, in an open and honest account of my experiences and feelings, you will now get facts. Pure information, tips and tricks for traveling with little cash.
Traveling on a Low Budget is a guide for all low-budget travelers. It contains tips and tricks for saving money in the following areas:
- Transportation
- Accommodation
- Meals
- Recreation
Traveling on a Low Budget is for all those who have always wanted to go on a long-term journey or a trip around the world but thought they could not afford it. It is also for those who appreciate some useful tips on traveling with less cost because this allows them to spend more time on the move.
Encyclopedia of Linguistics
Feb 1, 2013
$440.00
Utilizing a historical and international approach, this valuable two-volume resource makes even the more complex linguistic issues understandable for the non-specialized reader. Containing over 500 alphabetically arranged entries and an expansive glossary by a team of international scholars, the Encyclopedia of Linguistics explores the varied perspectives, figures, and methodologies that make up the field.
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