English Communications

09/04/2014

Following a democratic vote by the workforce it has been decided that Jimmie Åkesson (Sverigedemokraterna) will be prohibited from visiting English Communications at all its workplaces. All Åkesson Jimmies (Sverigedemokraterna) are kindly asked to observe this prohibition.

13/11/2012

Yesterday I was in Karlstad Cathedral for the release of a book about the cathedral published by Förlag Per Berggrén. Per has taken some fantastic pictures inside the cathedral and they illustrate the history of the architecture and artifacts inside the most fascinating building in Karlstad.

Here's a link to Per's website where you can see the book:

http://www.perberggren.st/

Välkommen till Förlag Per Berggrén!

06/09/2012

Now hold your head up, Mason
See America lies there
The morning tide has raised
The capes of Delaware

Come up and feel the sun
A new day has begun
Another day will make it clear
Just why your stars should guide us here

10/02/2012

This is a great documentary from the BBC about Tommie Smith and John Carlos and the Black Power salute at the 1960 Olympics.

09/01/2012

Start of the year...

06/01/2012

Lots of interesting stuff here:

"When we're in game worlds, most of us become the best versions of ourselves.. all this time spent playing games, we're actually evolving to be a more collaborative and hearty species"
Four things that gaming makes us good at:
° urgent optimism
° social fabric (gaming takes a lot of trust)
° blissful productivity
° epic meaning

TED Talks Games like World of Warcraft give players the means to save worlds, and incentive to learn the habits of heroes. What if we could harness this gamer power to solve real-world problems? Jane McGonigal says we can, and explains how.

08/12/2011

Every now and then you come across a good glossary on the website of a public authority. Here's one about legal terminology on the website of the Swedish police:

http://www.polisen.se/Global/www%20och%20Intrapolis/Informationsmaterial/01%20Polisen%20nationellt/Svensk_engelsk_och_engelsk_svensk_ordlista%5b1%5d.pdf

01/12/2011

Today's business:
A survey of EU legislation on product safety
Copy for a clothing manufacturer
A pile of CVs

16/11/2011

Today, a teacher's manual for schools teaching kids English in the Gambia. Pretty humbling stuff. Words glued onto cardboard.
We have it good over here.

15/11/2011

I have been helping the very good people at Ailos Medical in Karlstad to speak better English, but I have to say, they already speak very good English. They also have great products for oxygen, medicinal air, inhalation, pulse oximetry, lung diagnosis and sleep apnea.

15/09/2011

Right, so today I helped a fella in Germany invite an East European mayor to come see a big big dinosaur park.

16/08/2011

My first job this morning was, erm, vodka. Writing about it, not drinking it. Then I went to Carlstad Uniteds football school and met the inspirational Ildefonso. The sun is shining, too.

28/06/2011

I know what an aftermarket is. It's a market for stuff, like spare parts, that comes after a sale on the, for example, car market.

But it's an odd word. English doesn't usually tolerate words like this. It sounds German to me. Usually, in English you'd call it something like the "post-sale market".

20/06/2011

Right so today I found out some stuff about the anatomy of horses. There is something called "kissing spines", in which the formation of degenerative osteophytes is described as "exuberant".

16/06/2011

I've been learning about geothermal energy in Iceland. Something like 9 out of 10 buildings in Iceland are heated using hot water from natural sources.

15/06/2011

This is what I do!

15/06/2011

Today I translated a corporate graphical manual.