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On January 18th 2023, SCIC B1 trainees organised an awareness-raising event aimed at all trainees from the EU institutions. The goal of this session was not only to encourage interpreting as a career but to also give advice on how to be a good speaker and to avoid...

Today, as part of our collection of articles on expressions, let’s focus on three different idioms from around the world. But first, let’s test your knowledge! What do you think the Spanish saying “se me cayó el veinte”, means? I am no longer twenty years old I can hear...

In June 2022, Ukraine was granted European Union candidate status, which brings the country one step closer to EU membership. As Ukraine moves towards EU integration, we on our side welcome Ukrainian into our multilingual family and are happy to announce the opening of...

In November, it is time to celebrate the birthday of Stefan Zweig, one of the most renowned Austrian authors. He was born in Vienna on November 28, 1881 and contributed greatly to literature through his studies of the work of literary heavyweights such as Honoré de...

Today we are going to talk about another Chinese language: Cantonese! Below are some fun facts about Cantonese but are they true or false? The answers are at the end of the article. Cantonese and Mandarin characters may look the same but are pronounced differently...

On 11 November, Poland commemorates the anniversary of the restoration of the country’s sovereignty with the establishment of the Second Polish Republic in 1918, when the nation separated from the German, Austro-Hungarian and Russian Empires. The state of Poland had...