Thanks for your replies, Alastair and Michael. Now has anyone read any nice modern Czech book, short story, or poem lately? A rattlin' good read worth...
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Michael Grant
mgrant@...
Dec 1, 1999 1:57 pm
... I've been out of touch for a couple of years, but as of '97 the only thing I had found written after "November"; that was worth reading was Jachym Topol's...
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Irena Steinerová
irena.steinerova@xxxx...
Dec 1, 1999 5:32 pm
Hello everybody, ... between formal and informal styles in general. Am I generalizing, Irena? I don't think there is a big difference between the gulf in...
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Alastair Millar
alastair@xxx.xxx
Dec 1, 1999 8:46 pm
... Yes indeedy, he looked like this: *8-) Lots of other celebrity smilies at http://www.parscom.cz/clients/smilies, written by a close personal friend of...
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Alastair Millar
alastair@xxx.xxx
Dec 1, 1999 8:59 pm
... !!!!! YES PLEASE !!!!! Very much and very urgently! This document has almost obtained the status of "urban myth" among my clients in this field (sorry...
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Kostas Zgafas
kzgafas@xx.xxx
Dec 2, 1999 12:57 am
... French ... centuries ... today... I see, you mean that you are using these Americans to do all this hard work for you, right? They write In Majorca Daily...
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Melvyn Clarke
zehrovak@xxxxxxx.xxxx
Dec 2, 1999 1:28 am
From offlist conversations I have had, I get the idea that not everybody is aware of the resources available with Onelist. Go to your "My Onelist" page by...
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Melvyn Clarke
zehrovak@xxxxxxx.xxxx
Dec 2, 1999 1:35 am
Ah well, that shoots that theory all to hell....
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Kostas Zgafas
kzgafas@...
Dec 2, 1999 12:26 pm
Getting local agencies to pass on details to their translators ... Excuse me, Melvyn, but it sounds to me like a good joke to ask local agencies to help in...
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Alastair Millar
alastair@xxx.xxx
Dec 2, 1999 2:13 pm
For reasons too complicated to explain here, I have a list with definitions (in English) of techniques used for divination - all those "-mancy" words. There...
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Melvyn Clarke
zehrovak@xxxxxxx.xxxx
Dec 2, 1999 2:55 pm
Thanks, Kostas, for your constructive suggestions. ... Yes, glad you get it. Don't our transatlantic cousins say something about turkeys welcoming...
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Martin Janda
martinjanda@xxxxx.xxx
Dec 2, 1999 4:16 pm
... What about some short stories (or rather long comments) by Michael Viewegh? They are more or less regularly published in Mlada Fronta Dnes: bright, dynamic...
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Martin Janda
martinjanda@xxxxx.xxx
Dec 2, 1999 4:03 pm
... translators ... The most efficient method for disseminating anything is always personal reference. If you send a message to a dozen of your friends...
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Paul Sinclair
paul.sinclair@xxxxxxx...
Dec 2, 1999 11:02 pm
Thanks Martin, I'll certainly look into this when I get to Prague sometime in the New Year. I've never read any Viewegh but I gather he's a smooth operator. I...
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Michael Grant
mgrant@...
Dec 2, 1999 9:49 pm
... Ugh, can we please ban the word "Czechia"? ... Michael...
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Michael Grant
mgrant@...
Dec 3, 1999 12:32 am
Inviting the folks from Jirka Bolech's list to join this one (and/or vice versa) might be a start, and might raise the Czech quotient a little.... Michael -- ...
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Melvyn Clarke
zehrovak@...
Dec 3, 1999 1:56 am
Irena - interesting - I was thinking of a quote from an article by a Slovak writer that I noted down a few years ago on usage of the Slovak language...
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Alastair Millar
alastair@...
Dec 3, 1999 8:28 am
... Hear hear! The horrible "Czechia" seems to be a form used mainly by our German cousins. It's only a short step from this to adopting their (equally awful)...
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David Fuchs
dfuchs@...
Dec 3, 1999 10:43 am
On Czechia & Cesko It is good to discuss what flavour this or that particular word has for each of us. To me personally the word "Czechia" still sounds much...
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Alastair Millar
alastair@xxx.xxx
Dec 3, 1999 11:07 am
... justified? David - Examples in English of countries that include a political classification in their names include the United Kingdom, United States,...
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Alastair Millar
alastair@xxx.xxx
Dec 3, 1999 1:31 pm
Help! I have come across this line in a translation that I am doing: .... které náleželo zřejmě ke svazku Veletů, starých přátel Čechů, protože z ...
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David Fuchs
dfuchs@xxx.xxx
Dec 3, 1999 1:33 pm
... of ... I have been consistently using 'Czech Republic' both as an interpreter/translator and a language user, but some people may find it too long in...
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Kostas Zgafas
kzgafas@xx.xxx
Dec 3, 1999 1:57 pm
On Czechia & Cesko It is good to discuss what flavour this or that particular word has for each of us. To me personally the word "Czechia" still sounds much...
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Irena Steinerová
irena.steinerova@...
Dec 3, 1999 1:55 pm
Hi Alastair, - ... z ... Encyklopedicky slovnik says: Veleti - svaz slovanskych kmenu zvanych tez Lutici (no diacriticals here) a usedlych zapadne od dolni...
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Michael Grant
mgrant@...
Dec 3, 1999 3:09 pm
... Oddly enough, "Tschechien" works fine for me in German. (I won't even get into "Tshechei";.) But then, you know what they say about opinions.... Michael...
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Michael Grant
mgrant@...
Dec 3, 1999 3:12 pm
... Almost (but not quite) as bad as "Czechia". ... Czechistan? Michael...
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Michael Grant
mgrant@...
Dec 3, 1999 3:37 pm
... But there's not necessarily a one-to-one correspondence. I think most of the messages so far have made a vague correspondence between pseudo-English...
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Alastair Millar
alastair@...
Dec 3, 1999 6:18 pm
... Sorry, I wasn't being clear enough - I think that 'Czechia' is used most often by Germans *speaking English*!! Cheers Alastair...
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Jirka Bolech
jirka.bolech@...
Dec 3, 1999 7:55 pm
... The horrible "Czechia" seems to be a form used mainly by our German cousins. It's only a short step from this to adopting their (equally awful) "handy" for...
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Jirka Bolech
jirka.bolech@...
Dec 3, 1999 9:01 pm
... vice versa) might be a start, and might raise the Czech quotient a little.... I'll take care of this, Michael, posting an informative message. I don't mind...
