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Blowing the nation’s trumpet: languages and public diplomacy (1)

I recently spent 2 days interpreting in Birmingham for an Italian delegation from Italia Lavoro and Regione Marche. They were here to find out more about the work being done by Sue Veszpremi’s Employer Engagement team at Jobcentre Plus to help the long-term unemployed back into employment. Wonderful work, in my opinion – Mr. Osborne, please don’t …

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Posted byMarian Dougan9 July 20108 July 2014Posted inLanguage, Life and work and everything else, TranslationTags: business, education, employment, government, interpreting, Language, language learning, Life and work, modern languages, public diplomacy, translationLeave a comment on Blowing the nation’s trumpet: languages and public diplomacy (1)

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