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First beware that this is a typical case of academia varies more than you think it does. There is no general rule on how doctoral exams are done; instead, this is decided by the faculty. As a conseque …

A somewhat more free translation would involve not using a subclause: […], gerade nach dem kalten Winter. […], insbesondere angesichts des kalten Winters. [rather formal] […], erst recht nach dem kal …

In seiner unendlichen Weisheit is correct and idiomatic, i.e., it is actually used by native speakers. However, there are two other idiomatic alternatives you might want to consider: In seiner nicht …

First of all, something regarding the adaption of place names in general: We only use adapted names for places that have been of historical importance to Germany – at least I do not know of any place …

Apart from the incorrect form of haben, example 1) is correct: Er hat tanzen dürfen, aber ich habe nicht gedurft. This is because dürfen is a full verb in the second part of the sentence (in con …

To me, erzeugen implies a slightly more thorough involvement than erstellen. Corresponding English translations that preserve this nuance would be erzeugen → create and erstellen → compile. The former …

Da das Wort corporatocracy selbst auf den englischen Varianten eines lateinischen (corporatio) und griechischen Wortes (krátos, κράτος) beruht, liegt es nahe deren deutschen Varianten zu benutzen, wom …

Eine weitere Alternative ist schon gar nicht, z.B: Er schimpfte sehr selten – schon gar nicht mit Jane.

In my experience from a neighbouring field, window in this sense is generally translated to Fenster in German, which is confirmed, e.g., by the German Wikipedia article on Fensterfunktion. Going from …

Depending on the nature of the handwaving, one of the following may fit: Ein salopper Beweis – It’s what I prefer to use in such a situation, though I usually apply it to certain steps of a proof an …

I have two suggestions: Ich machte den/die [Name] (mit ihm/ihr). for example: Ich machte die Clinton. To give a specific example: Den Guttenberg machen would either be plagiarising someth …

In your English phrase split and merge could be several things grammatically, which may be distinguishable from the context: If somebody is using your software right now and you are instructing them …

Es ist auch möglich (und meiner Wahrnehmung nach nicht völlig ungeläufig), wann und ob zu substantivieren, allerdings im Genitiv: Es ist nicht eine Frage des Obs, sondern des Wanns. Oder auch (m …

Having spent some time in academia now and having talked to many German academians, I am pretty convinced that there is no German word matching the English paper or article (which do not mean exactly …

I would employ the term Mittlerer Westen (the Midwest) for the North Central States because that’s a term that is often used in German media and similar. Thus, for the West North Central States, you w …