Fredrik Härén spoke in 2007 on Sweden’s knowledge day (kunskapens dag). This engaging speaker stood and explained his views on the value of knowledge in the global economy. Video in Swedish. He spoke of how the very meaning of the term “developed country” has lead to complacency, and that “developing countries” are taking advantage of new [...]
Welcome to a new series of articles on the tech scene in France. They will cover the usual range of tech subjects such as internet news, start-ups and new business models, gadgets and so on and so forth. To kick things off, who better to start with than French Silicon-Valley rockstar Loïc Le Meur. In [...]
First on the scene: like a bomb exploded against his stomach “It looked like the man was wearing something that exploded on his stomach,” said Pascal, the first person to approach the dying man on Bryggarsgatan [Brewer’s Street], to DN.se [Dagens Nyheter, the Day’s News] Pascal describes how he had just left a Clas Ohlson [...]
Business Advice for Freelance Translating Collected from the freelance translation community on twitter , via the hashtag #xl8 This post aims to collate helpful information from freelancers and translators around the world on managing money, tax, clients and cashflow. It may be of use and interest to other freelancers. Please feel free to add any [...]
Europe’s identity is in question, but in which language? In Sweden and France consternation is abound as journalists pick up on this phenomenon and convey the zeitgeist as it is to their respective countrymen. In an article in the Svenska Dagbladet, Olle Josephson writes of a Scandinavian political convention bringing together Norwegian, Danish and Swedish [...]
“10%, far more British than European.” 20-something, UK “More so since I’ve been living in France. Being British is being European. I can’t feel one without feeling the other.” 20-something, British ex-pat in France “I guess not much really, more Italian, never thought of myself as European.” 20-something, Italian ex-pat in France “25%.” 20-something, UK [...]
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