Germanistische Beiträge 38.2016
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The paper presents the legal framework regulating the selection of alternative school textbooks for German language education in Romanian schools and compares the list of manuals recommended by the Ministry of Education for years 3–12 in 2015/16 with those currently used in practice by teachers. The 20 teachers surveyed for the current study were asked to indicate what textbooks they used in the classroom. Survey results were compared with the ministry-approved lists to check for concordances and discrepancies. Survey participants were further asked to give three reasons for their textbook selection and to indicate whether and to what purpose they used additional text-based resources in their teaching.
The study deals with two texts from the year 1654 that belong to the administrative and judicial documents of The Romanian National Archives in Sibiu. The translation of these documents into Romanian is very important from a historical and linguistic point of view as it reveals to the Romanian reader major aspects regarding the history of Transylvania and the evolution of the German language in this area in the 17th century. The translational analysis goes from Antoine Berman’s ethnocentric vs. ethical theory to Julianne House’s theory of the „overt translation”, process in which the translator decides on a combination of elements from both theories.
Since the Danube Swabians had a very big cultural and economic impact on other peoples, it’s to be discussed of their importance for the Serbian people, to be specific for the Serbian District Srem and its capital Sremska Mitrovica. From the 19th century up to the Second World War, the Danube Swabians have strengthened the economy, enriched the culture and beautified the city. After the Second World War, only a small part of the settlers remained, but the traces they have left are not gone. The Danube Swabians in Mitrovica and their importance for the city are not being ignored but protected and appreciated as a part of the history of this city.