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Save this house from… boring people

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Spotted in Heidelberg (Albert-Ueberle-Straße) the other day…

Behüt’ dies Haus
vor Wetter und Wind…
und Menschen die langweilig sind.

English translation, provided by HE Translations “team member” Jacqui Birnie:

Save this house
from wind and weather…
and boring people altogether.

German residents have declared a state of emergency

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The day after the Brexit referendum fiasco…

Can’t resist sending the photo below from a Facebook post by a Facebook friend (nice neighbour in real life), under the good old German motto: »Humor ist, wenn man trotzdem lacht«.

The caption on Facebook was:
“Remaining German residents* have declared a state of emergency, and claimed asylum on the closest thing to a sun lounger. Emergency reservation towels are on order“.

*The ‘residents’ are miniature schnauzers.

Rhinoceros sign Russell Square LondonHET

Rhinoceros charging in Great Russell Street

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Report by HE Translations director Herbert Eppel

VW beetle car in British Museum
The other day I went so see the Germany: Memories of a Nation exhibition at the British Museum. Somehow I wasn’t entirely convinced by it, with doubts similar to those expressed by translator colleague Margaret Marks in a review on her blog. Still, it was interesting, and I hadn’t been to the British Museum for ages – the roof is stunning, and something of a technical achievement!
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