I sound very smart in German. Not so much in English.
A few months ago I gave an interview to Norweigan journalist Olav Anders ?vreb? on the politics of blogs in the United States. For those of you who understand German, it’s now up at the Netzeitung web site. Among other things, I say: Das Bloggen ist aber kein ausschlie?lich demokratisches Ph?nomen. Es ist einfacher bekannt ...
A few months ago I gave an interview to Norweigan journalist Olav Anders ?vreb? on the politics of blogs in the United States. For those of you who understand German, it's now up at the Netzeitung web site. Among other things, I say: Das Bloggen ist aber kein ausschlie?lich demokratisches Ph?nomen. Es ist einfacher bekannt zu werden, wenn man quasi offiziell zur Elite geh?rt, zum Beispiel als Professor. Aber das alleine reicht nicht. Man muss schreiben k?nnen, und das im Blog-Stil. Einige meiner Kollegen haben versucht zu bloggen, haben aber offenbar nicht verstanden, dass ein wissenschaftlicher Artikel als Blog-Eintrag nicht funktioniert. Man braucht einen guten Stil - und man muss bereit sein, Fehler einzur?umen und zu korrigieren. [Wow, sounds very erudite. What does it mean?--ed.] Well, translated through Babelfish: The Bloggen is however none excluding democratic phenomenon. It is more simply admits to become, if one belongs quasi officially to the elite, for example than professor. But that alone is not enough. One must be able to write, and in the Blog style. Some my colleagues it have tried to bloggen, however obviously did not understand that a scientific article does not function as Blog entry. One needs a good style - and one must be ready to grant and correct errors [That sounds.... less erudite--ed.] Readers are encoraged to find the sentence in the interview that sounds the most ridiculous when re-translated into English.
A few months ago I gave an interview to Norweigan journalist Olav Anders ?vreb? on the politics of blogs in the United States. For those of you who understand German, it’s now up at the Netzeitung web site. Among other things, I say:
Das Bloggen ist aber kein ausschlie?lich demokratisches Ph?nomen. Es ist einfacher bekannt zu werden, wenn man quasi offiziell zur Elite geh?rt, zum Beispiel als Professor. Aber das alleine reicht nicht. Man muss schreiben k?nnen, und das im Blog-Stil. Einige meiner Kollegen haben versucht zu bloggen, haben aber offenbar nicht verstanden, dass ein wissenschaftlicher Artikel als Blog-Eintrag nicht funktioniert. Man braucht einen guten Stil – und man muss bereit sein, Fehler einzur?umen und zu korrigieren.
[Wow, sounds very erudite. What does it mean?–ed.] Well, translated through Babelfish:
The Bloggen is however none excluding democratic phenomenon. It is more simply admits to become, if one belongs quasi officially to the elite, for example than professor. But that alone is not enough. One must be able to write, and in the Blog style. Some my colleagues it have tried to bloggen, however obviously did not understand that a scientific article does not function as Blog entry. One needs a good style – and one must be ready to grant and correct errors
[That sounds…. less erudite–ed.] Readers are encoraged to find the sentence in the interview that sounds the most ridiculous when re-translated into English.
Daniel W. Drezner is a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and co-host of the Space the Nation podcast. Twitter: @dandrezner
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