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- Mar 28
- Hanna Gembus
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Easter in different countries: Great Britain and the US
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- Easter, Easter Egg Hunt, Easter Egg roll, Easter Parade, Sunrise Service, UK, United States, USA
Easter celebrations in Great Britain and the US These are the most important events taking place in Great Britain and the United States during Easter: The Ceremony of the Royal Maundy – during this ceremony the Queen distributes Maundy Money […]

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- Mar 26
- Hanna Gembus
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Easter in different countries: Germany
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- chocolate bunny, Easter, Easter bunny, Easter Sunday, Easter tree, Frühlingfest, Germany, Good Friday, Gründonnerstag, Hasen-Bröttchen, Karfreitag, Kräutersuppe, Ostermarkt, Ostersonntag, Osterstrauch, Sommertagszug, summer day parade
Celebrations before Easter In Germany, a few weeks before Easter a special spring event is held in some parts of the country called Sommertagszug (summer day parade) or Frühlingfest (Spring Fête). It is celebrated to welcome spring and tell winter to go […]

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- Mar 25
- Hanna Gembus
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Easter in different countries: Poland
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- Dyngus Day, Easter, Easter bunny, Easter cake, Easter eggs, Easter palms, Easter rituals, Good Friday, Holly Saturday, Maundy Thursday, Palm Sunday, Poland, śmigus-dyngus, Wet Monday, Wielkanoc
HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE! I think everybody looks forward to this time of the year no matter from which country they come from as it marks the commencement of the spring season and symbolises new life and rebirth. Yet, it is observed […]

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- Jan 10
- Hanna Gembus
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Exploring Poland: Wielka Orkiestra Świątecznej Pomocy
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- culture, January, Jurek Owsiak, Poland, Wielka Orkiestra Świątecznej Pomocy, Winter, WOŚP, WOŚP Foundation
Perhaps you have seen a small red heart on the jackets of some people living in such big cities as London, New York or Chicago and Warsaw. This is the most characteristic sign of the WOŚP Foundation – The Great […]

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- Oct 07
- Hanna Gembus
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Multiligualism in Europe statistics
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- biligualism, EU, Europe, European Union, language learning, languages, multiligualism
There are currently 24 official EU languages: Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish and Swedish The EU is home to over 60 indigenous […]

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- Sep 25
- Hanna Gembus
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17 tips on how to prepare for interpreting assignment in diplomacy, Part 2
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- conference interpreting, diplomacy, diplomatic interpreters, diplomatic protocol, international affairs, Interpreting, politics, preparation for interpreting assignment
9. Agree when to interrupt your speaker Come a little bit earlier to discuss organisational stuff such as topics that will be mentioned, speed of speech and after how many sentences you will interrupt the speaker in order to interpret […]

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- Sep 13
- Hanna Gembus
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17 tips on how to prepare for interpreting assignment in diplomacy, Part 1
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- Barack Obama, Bronisław Komorowski, consecutive interpreting, diplomacy, diplomatic protocol, how to prepare for interpreting assignment, Interpreting, Lech Wałęsa, Michelle Obama, presidential interpreter, simultaneous interpreting, Witold Skowroński
In my previous posts, I wrote about diplomatic meetings and visits between two countries. Now one can wonder why? Why should I bother to remember all those formalities and courtesies if I am not even a politician, only an interpreter? […]

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