Hanft - Fachenglisch Für Laborberufe

Thiemann, F., Cullen, P.M., Klein, H. (eds.)

Molekulare Diagnostik

Grundlagen der Molekularbiologie, Genetik und Analytik

Zweite Auflage
2014

Print ISBN: 978-3-527-33502-2 (auch in elektronischer Form erhltlich)

Eckhardt, S., Gottwald, W., Stieglitz, B.

1 1 der Laborpraxis

Prozessorientierte Labortechnik fr Studium und Berufsausbildung

Zweite Auflage
2007

Print ISBN: 978-3-527-31657-1 (auch in elektronischer Form erhltlich)

The Author

Steven L. Hanft, M.A.

CONUSBAT Internationalization Regulatory Services

Kruppstr. 18

52072 Aachen

Germany

www.conusbat.com/steven.hanftconusbat.com

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When compared with English, the German language and its lengthy verbatim deals a blow to English speaking natives, but undeniably, English is the lingua franca for global business communication. Airlines and airport control personnel, international trade shows or sporting events (World Cup Football, Olympics, European-wide track and field, etc.), life sciences (medical, pharma, biotech), Rock n Roll music, NATO, as well as the chemical industries rely on English as the common language.

In fact, Webster's Third New International Dictionary, together with its 1993 Addenda section includes some 470,000 word entries (vocabulary).

The Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition, reports that it includes a similar or comparable number of words.

According to Goethe Institute's Web site, The German language is constantly producing new words, known as neologisms . Yet it may take several years for a word to be included in the Duden dictionary and various criteria also have to be fulfilled. It is a well-known fact that philologists are cautious to comment on how many words exist in the German language 200 000, 300 000, or even 500 000? It's hard to say, is what you always hear.

But what is clear is that German, as well as French loan words exist in the English language. Some examples of German loan words to English are the following (further discussed in Section 75):

• Angst, as in fear
• Arbeiter, during Richard M. Nixon's US Presidency, Henry Kissinger was the Arbiter of shuttle diplomacy between certain Arab factions and Israel
• Gesundheit, as in G-d bless you (when someone sneezes)
• Gneis, as in the metamorphic rock, Gneiss
• Kindergarten, first year of elementary (primary) school
• Schadenfreude, someone who finds comfort or delight in someone else's misfortune or unhappiness
• Schlepp, as into schlepp baggage around.

Fachenglische fr Laborberufe (Technical English for Laboratory Personnel) is a practical instructing manual specifically for the German-speaking market and with its goal to support one's English communication skills for everyday use.

Target groups (Zielgruppen): Management, Science, and Technical Personnel, Administration Personnel

Laboratory personnel from the following industries should consider using this book's practical approach:

This practical innovative teaching manual will provide you with instruction and guidance for:

• Sector industry terminology
• Practical advice for introducing yourself to English-speaking colleagues such as:
  1. Elevator Speech, which acts as your introductory tool
  2. Oral presentations to be made at a trade exhibition (Messe), congress, symposium, and so on.
  3. Small-talk topics and strategy for use with international colleagues
  4. Understanding/Interpreting a seminar or webinar's advertisement
• Basic legal regulatory affairs terminology, something the author believes is unique for laboratory personnel to delve into
• Special technical vocabulary related to prefixes (Vorsilbe)-/suffixes (Nachsilbe), Synonyms Antonyms
• Lessons for business communication skills such as:
  1. tips to improve writing more effective e-mails
  2. ways to improve automatic e-mail responses when away from the laboratory
• Comparing British (Oxford)-EnglishBrE and American-EnglishAmE
• Selected science topics with appropriate terminology for chemistry, biology, biochemistry, laboratory instrumentation, and so on.
• Laboratory jargon, business expressions, industry abbreviations, and mnemonic devices (Eselsbrcke)
• Spelling, pronunciation, and grammar tips with appropriate quizzes to test your technical English skills.

Authored by an English/German speaker, who is a certified NY State Biology Educator with decades of industry experience as a former specialty chemical sales and marketing manager for a top chemical processor in the New York City metro region; to our knowledge, no book of this kind exists for the German-speaking nations or regions of Europe.