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The German Society was founded in 1987 and has been successful in providing a useful network of contacts for its dispersed and very varied membership. To keep in touch with our members we issue a newsletter about four times a year and have a web presence on this CIoL-GS site; we are also linked to the main CIoL site at: http://www.iol.org.uk/
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We start the year with our AGM in March and make the most of this get-together by combining it with a Members' Session where language and other issues of interest are discussed.
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An annual event is the Anglophoner Tag. This is held jointly with four other language organisations (ITI German Network, Deutscher Terminologie-Tag, Aticom, BDÜ Hesse) and organised in rotation by each of the five. It was our turn in 2001 and 2006. The former was held in Berlin, with a variety of talks on language topics, the latter in Munich, solely concentrating on the translation of patents, with invaluable support from the European Patent Office. Both were extremely well attended.
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Another fixture is our Study Weekend, usually in September. For this we meet in different regions of Germany and beyond, again of course concentrating on a language topic. For example, we have visited various places where a recognised minority language is widely spoken, such as Bautzen (Sorbian), Flensburg (Danish), Wismar ( Plattdeutsch ). We also explored Swiss German ( Schwyzerdütsch ), Luxemburgish ( Lëtzebuergesch ) and the language situation/integration in Frankfurt (Oder) on the German-Polish border.
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In November we traditionally hold a Translators' Workshop in conjunction with the BDÜ Hesse, part of the largest German association for Translators and Interpreters.
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All our events also contain a certain social element to get to know one another and benefit from shared views and experience.
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The German Society is always happy to welcome newcomers. Please contact us via email.
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Gabriele Matthey, Hon. Sec.
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Mike Harrington
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Chairman
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Duisburg
m.harrington@gmx.de
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Judith Gabler
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Vice-Chairman
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Frankfurt am Main
jgabler@rics.org
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Andreas Busse
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Hon. Treasurer
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Neuss
text@andreas-busse-tt.de
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Gabriele Matthey
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Hon. Secretary
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Frankfurt am Main
Tel.: +49 (0)69 595920
translations@gmatthey.de
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