ronp Heptaglot Newbie Australia ronpeek.blogspo Joined 6092 days ago 33 posts - 74 votes Speaks: English, Dutch*, German, Flemish, Italian, Spanish, French Studies: Norwegian, Mandarin, Esperanto, Finnish, Macedonian, Hindi, Greek, Indonesian, Lithuanian, Basque, Portuguese, Russian, Arabic (Written), Sign Language Studies: Turkish, Swahili
| Message 1 of 6 27 April 2011 at 11:01am | IP Logged |
I found the following story both touching and inspirational, and would like to share it with you:
http://www.metro.co.uk/news/860967-blind-ten-year-old-become s-european-parliaments-youngest-interpreter
Kind regards,
Ron
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Nguyen Senior Member Vietnam Joined 5091 days ago 109 posts - 195 votes Speaks: Vietnamese
| Message 3 of 6 29 April 2011 at 5:23pm | IP Logged |
This is a lovely story. I am very happy for her! Human spirit overcomes adversity!
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leosmith Senior Member United States Joined 6548 days ago 2365 posts - 3804 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Tagalog
| Message 4 of 6 30 April 2011 at 2:51am | IP Logged |
I wonder if actually feeling the words helps her remember them.
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Rob_Austria Heptaglot Groupie Austria Joined 5000 days ago 84 posts - 293 votes Speaks: German*, Italian, Spanish, French, English, Portuguese, Japanese Studies: Croatian, Mandarin, Russian, Arabic (Written), Turkish
| Message 5 of 6 03 May 2011 at 11:56am | IP Logged |
This is a wonderful and inspiring story. I'm sure she'll be an excellent interpreter since she really seems to love what she is doing and obviously has already achieved some astounding results. Way to go, young lady!
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translator2 Senior Member United States Joined 6917 days ago 848 posts - 1862 votes Speaks: English*
| Message 6 of 6 03 May 2011 at 7:09pm | IP Logged |
Blog Article
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