12.0021 Fodor on Pinker & Plotkin; German-English dictionary

Humanist Discussion Group (humanist@kcl.ac.uk)
Thu, 14 May 1998 15:29:30 +0100 (BST)

Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 12, No. 21.
Centre for Computing in the Humanities, King's College London
<http://www.princeton.edu/~mccarty/humanist/>
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[1] From: John Rakestraw <john.a.rakestraw@vanderbilt.edu> (13)
Subject: Fodor on Pinker and Plotkin

[2] From: Kay McBurney <kaymcb@compuserve.com> (24)
Subject: German-English computer dictionaries

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Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 22:01:38 -0500
From: John Rakestraw <john.a.rakestraw@vanderbilt.edu>
Subject: Fodor on Pinker and Plotkin

Jerry Fodor's "The Trouble with Psychological Darwinism" (a review of
<u>How the Mind Works</u> by Steven Pinker and <u>Evolution in Mind</a>
by Henry Plotkin) was published in the London Review of Books, vol. 20,
number 2. It's still on line at
<http://www.lrb.co.uk/v20n02/fodo2002.html>.
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John A. Rakestraw, Jr.
Research Associate
Learning Technology Center, Peabody College
Vanderbilt University
615-343-2615
FAX 615-269-4143

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Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 12:28:23 +0100 (BST)
From: Kay McBurney <kaymcb@compuserve.com>
Subject: German-English computer dictionaries

> Dr Willard McCarty wrote:=20
> Would someone please recommend a printed or online source that translates
> current terms for computers and their parts from German into English?

I am a technical translator specializing in information technology and for
my money the best dictionary on the market in this area is the one
originating from the Siemens stable:

W=F6rterbuch der Daten- und Kommunikationstechnik
- Data Systems and Communications Dictionary,
Karl-Heinz Brinkmann & Herbert F. Blaha
Deutsch-Englisch, English-German [in one volume]
Publisher: Brandstetter Verlag, Wiesbaden 1997
(5th completely revised and enlarged edition)
ISBN: 3-87097-181-9.

It covers hardware, software and telecommunications, and in this latest
edition the number of entries in both D->E and E->D directions has been
expanded by around 25% to include many terms for the latest developments in
the field, e.g. Windows 95 user interface terms, object-oriented processing
etc.

I purchased my copy from Grant & Cutler, Language Booksellers, 55-57 Great
Marlborough Street, London
Tel: +44/0 171 7342012, Fax: +44/0 171 7349272 for GBP 57.95 (pretty good
value I think).

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