17 6 / 2013

When a delegate thinks it’s better to use “shall” rather than “should” in the text

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17 5 / 2013

When I get to interpret someone famous in my half-hour slot (and my colleague doesn’t)

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17 5 / 2013

When planning gets a phonecall from a sick colleague at 8.40 in the morning. And when said colleague has finninsh, hungarian and greek in his/her language combination.

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01 5 / 2013

When a delegate who’s definitely not American speaks with an american accent

What if feels like to him:

What it feels like to me:

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23 4 / 2013

When the meeting should have started half an hour ago and yet…

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17 4 / 2013

When a colleague wearing a mustard suit from the 1980’s criticises young interpreters who dress ‘smart casual’

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15 4 / 2013

When I finally land that dream job at the UN in NYC…

and I look at my salary:

and then I look at the rental prices:

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15 4 / 2013

When people ask me if I know the person behind this Tumblr

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15 4 / 2013

When I am assigned to the EPSCO Council in Luxemburg

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16 2 / 2013

When I noticed I had 1000 followers on Facebook