On Sunday, 23 September at 17.35 the German-French TV channel ARTE will be airing the 1-hour programme Golem: Die Legende vom Menschen (The Legend of the Human) with contributions from Dr Cathy Gelbin (Manchester University). The film accompanies the new…
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Young Translator of the Year Competition
Know a talented linguist born in 1999? Today the European Commission launches ‘Juvenes Translatores‘, its annual competition to find the young translator of the year. Students can choose to translate a text from any of the EU’s 24 official languages…
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Make Languages Work – Towards a Closer Co-operation between Schools and Universities: An afternoon symposium
14 September 2016, 12.00-16.15 The Hearnshaw Lecture Theatre, Eleanor Rathbone Building, University of Liverpool (campus map here) As the prospect of Britain leaving the EU throws the problems of inward looking, insular policies into the spotlight, the need for intercultural…
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Report: Liverpool Translation Workshop for Teachers
On Thurs 7 July, Dr Lyn Marven (University of Liverpool) led a workshop on teaching translation for German teachers at Runshaw College, Leyland. Translation has recently been brought back into the MFL syllabus at GCSE, AS and A2 level, and…
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Translation Workshop for Teachers
An opportunity to meet with other German teachers and consider what translation is, what makes it difficult for students and discuss techniques and teaching strategies. The workshop will be led by translator and academic Lyn Marven (Liverpool University) and take…
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Host a Teacher from Germany with the UK-German Connection
Would you like to have authentic German cultural input in your school? Through the Host a Teacher from Germany programme, your school can host a German teacher for two or three weeks during the academic year, at no cost. The UK-German…
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DAC Beachcroft Manchester Partner Named New Austrian Honorary Consul for North West and Yorkshire
Press release – 1 June 2016 Harald Loeffler, Partner in the Manchester office of international law firm DAC Beachcroft, has been named Austrian Honorary Consul for the North West, Yorkshire and the Humber. As a result, DAC Beachcroft’s Manchester office…
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Kölsch und Kultur: DAAD study trip to Cologne/Bonn
Over the Easter break 2015, 15 lucky students from the University of Manchester, teamed with 15 peers from the University of Nottingham, set off to spend ten full days in the city of Cologne and the neighbouring city of Bonn…
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Fritz Lang’s ‘Metropolis’ Screening with Live Organ Accompaniment at RNCM
The Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester is putting on a screening of Fritz Lang’s silent classic ‘Metropolis’ (1927, 150 mins), accompanied by Darius Battiwalla on the Concert Hall’s Hradetzky three manual organ. This iconic expressionist film was made during the…
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The German Embassy’s German Language Quiz
The German Embassy has launched a new webpage devoted to learners of German. Visit the site to find out why German is a beneficial language to learn and to discover where to learn German in the UK. It also gives you advice about…