Ukraine-Europe Linguistic Centre

One more year of productive cooperation - done ✔️️. More to come.

Dear colleagues and friends,

Very briefly this year. We appreciate your being with us - professionally or otherwise - for 365 days more. And we know you’ll join us with just one WISH today.

Love you all – and see you in 2024!

That was hard 💪.

Feels so good when our skills help the cause 👍.

Contributing to the common cause in the way we can ✌️.

Happy to have contributed. Ready for more 💪.

The mood of the day.

Dear All,

Now that, on clear reasons, many of you are working from home, why don’t you use this opportunity to acquire / brush up your interpretation techniques with our ONLINE COURSE? The restrictions will be over – sooner or later – and an extra skill always pays back.

Long way to Fuji starts with the first step.

For more details, please contact us at http://ukr-europe.com/ru/contact/.

Дорогие наши друзья, коллеги, заказчики и партнёры!

Вот и ещё один год мы провели вместе. В связи с этим предлагаем провести вместе с ним (если что, то это каламбур 🤓) все невзгоды и поприветствовать новый 2022, который, надеемся, принесёт всем нам крепкое здоровье, домашние радости и профессиональное процветание.

Traditionally yours ❤️.

The day goes well :-).

Всех братьев и сестёр по цеху с нашим днём! Побольше нам (лёгких и интересных) заказов, контекста, материалов, своевременной оплаты (а ещё лучше предоплаты), а также взаимопонимания с заказчиками. Можно ведь помечтать в профессиональный праздник, правда?

Tea vs Cha
Across languages, there are two primary ways of referring to the golden liquid we all love - chai or tea.
English (tea), Dutch (thee), Tamil (te-neer) or Hindi (chai), Persian (chay), Arabic (shay)
The reason is interesting, showing how the imprint of globalization remains on languages.
Tea originated in China and it was represented by the letter "茶" - this character was called "cha" in Mandarin spoken in mainland China and "te" in Min Nan variety of Chinese, spoken in the coastal province of Fujian.
The countries that got tea via China through the Silk Road (land) referred to it in various forms of the word "cha". On the other hand, the countries that traded with China via sea - through the Min Nan port called it in different forms of "te".
Interestingly, Portugal traded with China from the Macaw port instead of Fujian and thus uniquely adopted cha, in contrast with its neighboring countries.
(From Kuing Yamang)

Yet another week starts well.

A perfect start to the day 👍.

Teaching consecutive interpreting in a COVID-induced mode 🤓👩‍🏫.