We’re excited to welcome our new translation intern Caro here at the AJT headquarters in Newquay. Originally from Luxembourg, Caro is a true polyglot who speaks Luxembourgish, German, French and English! A career in languages was pretty much predestined and, after a short stint in Wales studying library studies, she decided that translation is her real passion. Currently,
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“A stone’s throw away from the sea” I thought with amazement when I first stumbled upon Anja’s website. Even though I didn’t have a clue how to pronounce the town name “Newquay” – an utterly unnatural sequence of letters from a German perspective – I sent off my application for a translation internship without delay.
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Are you a language lover looking to break into the translation industry and wondering whether you need a degree under your belt? Not sure which subject will give you the right skill set for your career? As a current student of translation studies at Heidelberg University in Germany I have gained some first-hand experience of
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Here at AJT, we love nurturing young language talent. We’re very excited to welcome our new translation intern, Teresa, to the team! Teresa, 22, joins us all the way from Heidelberg in Germany where she is in the last year of her degree in translation science. Over the next two months, Teresa will immerse herself in language.
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To be polite when speaking to Thai people can be quite tricky because in Thailand the word ‘please’ (‘กรุณา’) is hardly heard in normal day life. Normally in English we would say ‘Can I have…..please?’ but in Thai we would just say ‘เอา (ao)’ which means ‘I want’ instead. But even though the word ‘please’
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Just like any other language, Thai has many proverbs and sayings. Here are my top 10 favourite proverbs and what they mean in English: สีซอให้ควายฟัง (see sor hai kwai fang) Translation: To play the violin for the buffalo to listen to. Meaning: Talking to a brick wall. (The person you are speaking to does not listen.) หนีเสื่อประจระเข้ (nee seua pa jo ra kay)
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