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There is future in translation

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Published: 11 March 2010

Last Updated: 14 January 2018

What the European Union says about my future profession:

The language industry has been less affected by the economic crisis than other sectors, according to a study carried out for the European Commission. The study, the first to analyse the size of the language industry EU-wide, covers translation, interpreting, localising and globalising, subtitling and dubbing, language technology tools, multilingual conference organisation and language teaching. It puts EU-wide turnover at EUR 8.4 billion (2008). This is set to increase by at least 10 % annually, over the next few years, to between EUR 16.5 billion and EUR 20 billion by 2015. This is one of the highest growth rates in EU industry. [...] (Source: http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/09/1828&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN)

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The Influence of the Steppe on Russian Culture

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Published: 19 December 2009

Last Updated: 03 May 2015

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This article is written in Danish language. It deals on the Russian's contacts to the peoples of the Steppe and on how these interactions had influence on Russian culture, society and political system. The main focus is on the abstract subject of the antithesis between the steppe and the woods in its cultural and historical dimension, and on the specific issue of Russia under Mongol rule, its reception history and its contemporary estimation among historians.

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CyrAcademisator

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Published: 02 December 2009

Last Updated: 03 May 2015

CyrAcademisator is a transliteration tool for Russian texts.

CyrAcademisator was made especially for academic use at universities and for research purposes. It makes possible a fast conversion of Russian texts to established scientific transliteration styles. A conversion back to Cyrillic is possible, as it is possible to convert from one transliteration to another. Old Church Slavonic and Old Russian characters are recognized and can be entered into the text field with a provided virtual Russian keyboard. Due to missing standardisations of some older characters in most of the transliteration styles, CyrAcademisator provides an individual report with information on possible misconversions and their reasons.

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Browser Plugins for Russian

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Published: 15 October 2009

Last Updated: 05 January 2013

Besides the add-ons Zotero and LibX I would like to recommend some plugins for the browser search bar.

On the web site Mycroft Project - Search Engine Plugins - Dictionaries you can choose from 30 plugins which are relevant for Russian language.

The site offers plugins for corpora, script converters, monolingual and multilingual dictionaries.

Ottenser Industriebahn

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Published: 29 April 2009

Last Updated: 24 January 2018

Im Oktober 1992 habe ich Reste der Ottenser Industriebahn fotografisch dokumentiert. Vieles ist inzwischen nicht mehr vorhanden. Die Bilder können unter http://www.flickr.com/photos/7288986@N02/sets/72157632412270858/ angeschaut werden.