MINERVAPLUS WP 3 Multilingual websites and thesauri Astrid B. Müller, Institut für Museumskunde, Berlin1 Languages -1 official language*: -German - 4 languages

MINERVAPLUS WP 3 Multilingual websites and thesauriAstrid B. Müller, Institut für Museumskunde, Berlin

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Languages

-1 official language*:- German

- 4 languages of minorities in Germany**:

- Low German,

- Frisian,

- Danish,

- Sorbian

* VwVfG (Verwaltungsverfahrensgesetz § 23 Abs.1)** Europäische Charta der Regional und Minderheitensprachen

GermanyGeneral Country Report


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Needs of being and thinking multilingual

(1) Self-presentation

- Big institutions

- State Museums, Libraries, Universities

- German, English, French,

- International public (tourists)


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Examples: big players

Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn

- DT, EN 50 %


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Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin

- 10 Languages:

- German

- English

- French

- Spanish

- Italian

- Danish

- Swedish

- Polish,

- Czech

- Russian


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Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin

- German,

- English (30- 40 %)

- Russian (5 – 10%)

- Polish (5 – 10%)


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Library Consortia

- web portals of Library Networks,

- consortia of federal states

(Länder) of Germany

- Expl.: Gemeinsamer

Verbundkatalog GBV: web portal of

the Common Library Network of 7

German States (Bremen, Hamburg,

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern,

Niedersachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt,

Schleswig-Holstein und Thüringen)

Russian (5 – 10%)

- German

- English (general information)


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Secret Central Archives (Geheimes Staatsarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz)

- German,

- English (general info)

- Polish (general info)


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(2) Protection of minority rights of officially recognised language minorities

- in bi-lingual regions:

- Danish (Schleswig-Holstein),

- Sorbian (Brandenburg und Sachsen)

- Frisian (Niedersachsen und Schleswig-Holstein)


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Examples: Language Minorities

DK- Forum

- Internet Platform for the

German Minority in

Denmark and for the Danish

Minority in Germany

- German (100 %)

- Danish (100 %)


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Examples: Language Minorities

Federal Parlament of Schleswig Holstein (Landtag)

- German (100 %)

- Danish (100 %)

- Frisian (80 ?)

- English (30)


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(3) Cultural Heritage and Cultural Exchange

- in regions near a (language) border

- common cultural or political history (in bi-lingual

regions)

- Poland

- France

- Italian

- Czech republic


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Examples: Language and Cultural Exchange

Europa Universität Viadrina, Frankfurt Oder

- clear German-Polish focus

- multi-lingual study-courses

- German

- Polish

- English

- French

- Russian


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Examples: Language and Cultural Exchange

Arbeitsgemeinschaft Alpenländer

- Network of state and

federal institutions of

Regions belonging to the

Alps

- Germany, Austria,

Switzerland, Italy

- cultural exchange

- promotion of the Alps-

region


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(4) Scientific Exchange

- international research institutions,

- often with branches also outside Germany

- Max-Plank-Institut (advancement of science, 80 branches, bi-

lingual)

- Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte München + Florenz +

Bibliotheca Herziana, Rom

- Deutsches Archälogisches Institut (

- Deutsches Historisches Institut (Berlin, Paris, Rom, Kairo,

Washington D.C., London)


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Example: Scientific Exchange

Deutsches Historisches Institut

- Branches in Berlin,

Paris, Warsaw , Rome.

- Bi-lingual-Sites

- German-French,

German-Polish, etc.


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(5) Cultural Exchange

- cultural institutions with cultural exchange as Mission

Statement

- Goethe Institut “Internationes”

- Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (artistic exchange)

- Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD)


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Example: Cultural Exchange

DAAD

- “Change by Exchange”

- scientific, language, staff –

Exchange

- branches all over world

- info in 24 languages


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Summary : The areas where multilingualism has been detected:

- self-presentation

- protection of minorities (languages)

- cultural heritage (border-regions)

- support for a region (tourism)

- scientific community / scientific exchange

- cultural exchange


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the survey: not yet results, but some questions:

Summary

- What is meant with an “Ontology” ?

- Is a simple vocabulary or value-list

this:->

- Do you really mean a multilingual

thesaurus ?

- Is a thesaurus only of interest, if the

other information on the page is multi-

lingual ?

- What is which thesauri which are

provided by commercial companies ?

- What reports the percentage indication

?


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Thank you !

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MINERVAPLUS WP 3 Multilingual websites and thesauri Astrid B. Müller, Institut für Museumskunde, Berlin1 Languages -1 official language*: -German - 4 languages