Of all man’s instruments, the most wondrous, no doubt, is the book. The other instruments are extensions of his body. […] But the book is something else altogether: the book is an extension of memory and imagination. [1] Jorge Luis Borges At this time of year, when...

Dear Speech Repository community, This Wednesday, 20 April, is UN Chinese Language Day. In 2010, UNESCO decided to celebrate Chinese as one of the six official languages of the United Nations. On this day, the Chinese-speaking community pays tribute to Cangjie, a...

12th April: International Day of Human Space Flight 61 years after Yuri Gagarin’s historic endeavor, human space flight seems more accessible than ever before, although for most of us space tourism still remains unaffordable. Nevertheless, learning new things about...

7th April is World Health Day. On this particular occasion, we are happy to announce that we’ve added some new entries to our already well-populated Health section: EN – Intermediate simultaneous Speech by Dr. Tedros (World Health Summit 2021) | Speech Repository...

On 6th April we celebrate the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace. It is a good opportunity to remember that sports can play a major role in improving people’s lives and that its values may even pave the way for peace. Did you know? 51 years ago, in...

Dear Speech Repository Users, on 21 February, we celebrate International Mother Language Day! People often think that speaking foreign languages is an essential skill for an interpreter and, especially at the beginning of our interpreter training, we tend to focus on...

2021 was the European Year of Rail. This initiative by the European Commission highlighted the benefits of rail as a sustainable, smart and safe means of transport. A variety of activities put rail in the spotlight throughout 2021 across the continent, e.g. the...

Human Rights Day is celebrated every year on December 10 — on this day in 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly. The UDHR is a milestone document, which proclaims the inalienable rights that every human...

On 6th December 1917, Finland declared independence from Russia, putting an end to foreign rule dating back to 1809. It is now the date of Finland’s Independence Day ( Itsenäisyyspäivä in Finnish). Finland also commemorates the events of World War II on this date with...

Dear SR users, This year we started a total revamp of the Greek speech section, which had become a bit dusty with time. This work has been carried out with the invaluable help of our colleague Maria Giannakopoulou, appointed as a coordinator for the updating of the...