The Publisher
The publisher is licensed as a Rechtsanwalt (lawyer / attorney at law / barrister / solicitor) by the Chamber of Attorneys Berlin. Please be aware that lawyers use legalese to either ward off understanding from clients or to scientifically discuss topics with colleagues. This publication will be working with you on something in between: a mixture of regular German and English language as well as a mixture of German and English legalese. For example, a German legal phrasing will be used as a synonym whenever it is difficult or inadequate to translate. Please allow a short example: The English legal word "lease" translates into German legalese into either "Miete (lease)", "Pacht (usufructuary lease)", "Mietverhältnis (contractual relationship of lease)", or "Pachtverhältnis (contractual relationship of a usufructuary lease)". It is "frustrating" for a German lawyer to translate the words "Geldstrafe", "Verwarnungsgeld", and "Bußgeld" into the English word "fine". Arggh. 
As a humorous detail of the editor:
| What American accent do you have?
Your Result: The Inland North
You may think you speak "Standard English straight out of the dictionary" but when you step away from the Great Lakes you get asked annoying questions like "Are you from Wisconsin?" or "Are you from Chicago?" Chances are you call carbonated drinks "pop."
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| North Central |
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What American accent do you have?
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