Academic Articles or Books in German
June 13, 2011 12:12 PM
Is there a listing of academic books or articles in German that have not yet been translated into English?
I have a competency exam for German that I'm studying for, and I'm allowed to pick an academic article or book chapter that the test will come from, but it has to be something that has not yet been translated into English. Until now, I've been searching around randomly, but it's a bit time consuming to check if there's an English counterpart. I'm hoping there are easier ways to check. Thanks for any ideas.
I have a competency exam for German that I'm studying for, and I'm allowed to pick an academic article or book chapter that the test will come from, but it has to be something that has not yet been translated into English. Until now, I've been searching around randomly, but it's a bit time consuming to check if there's an English counterpart. I'm hoping there are easier ways to check. Thanks for any ideas.
I'm sure it varies by field, but most German scholarship in mine is not translated in to English (it's assumed that anyone who's interested speaks German anyway, so it doesn't make economic sense to publish translated editions). A list of untranslated works would be pretty much infinite. If you want to use something about Roman economic history, send me a MeMail and I can find something easily.
posted by oinopaponton at 12:21 PM on June 13, 2011
posted by oinopaponton at 12:21 PM on June 13, 2011
If you are looking for novels, New Books in German has, well, new books in German, which have yet to be translated.
posted by TheRaven at 1:42 PM on June 13, 2011
posted by TheRaven at 1:42 PM on June 13, 2011
Like oinopaponton said, that would be a huge list. Most scholarship in German hasn't been translated. Why not pick a German journal in your field and choose an article from that?
posted by brianogilvie at 2:26 PM on June 13, 2011
posted by brianogilvie at 2:26 PM on June 13, 2011
(The point being that recent journal articles are extremely unlikely to have been translated into English, though I have seen a couple cases of scholars who published the same article in an English and a German version.)
posted by brianogilvie at 2:27 PM on June 13, 2011
posted by brianogilvie at 2:27 PM on June 13, 2011
If you want to be pretty sure, just take a German book that's been translated into English (fairly recently). All the references that are given by their German title likely haven't been translated.
posted by Monday, stony Monday at 8:19 PM on June 13, 2011
posted by Monday, stony Monday at 8:19 PM on June 13, 2011
I know people who would cheerfully kill for an English translation of "Gurtel des hohen unf spaten Mittelalters" by Ilse Fingerlin, 1971, Deutscher Kunstverlag GmbH, Munchen Berlin, ISBN: 3 422 00645 I, but I hang out with some pretty odd people.
posted by Kid Charlemagne at 9:34 PM on June 13, 2011
posted by Kid Charlemagne at 9:34 PM on June 13, 2011
Thanks everyone for the good suggestions! I found the perfect book to work with.
posted by SpacemanStix at 12:47 PM on June 14, 2011
posted by SpacemanStix at 12:47 PM on June 14, 2011
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posted by ChuraChura at 12:19 PM on June 13, 2011