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You know, not being a German speaker, the first time I read that name I thought you were being facetious. No disrespect to the German language, but that is one
by jsmthrowaway 13y ago
You know, not being a German speaker, the first time I read that name I thought you were being facetious. No disrespect to the German language, but that is one hell of a name.
I'm assuming an English equivalent is something like "standard conflict resolution for employees?" I can see "arbitration" in the German, if I'm not mistaken.
- Xylakant 13y agoNo, I'm not being facetious. The official name is "Gesetz über Arbeitnehmererfindungen", the official short "ArbnErfG". (http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/arbnerfg/BJNR007560957.html#BJNR007560957BJNG000200306 http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/arbnerfg/BJNR007560957.htm...) The english equivalent would be "Law governing inventions made by employees".
- rz2k 13y ago"Arbeit" is a way to free yourself, but it isn't arbitration.
- Xylakant 13y agoI hope the nazi reference ("Arbeit macht frei") was not intentional.
- Dewie 13y agoYou could say that German is one of the languages where you can combine words to form new words pretty freely. A lot of language features seem pretty weird from other reference points. But I don't think it's constructive to point it out like this.