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Presented by Tim Steward

Language Network Scotland Languages Mean Work – Money –Fun SALT Conference 2009. Presented by Tim Steward Distiller, Businessman, formerly Scotland Officer Language Network Scotland www.LN-scotland.com.

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  1. Language Network Scotland Languages Mean Work – Money –Fun SALT Conference 2009 Presented by Tim Steward Distiller, Businessman, formerly Scotland Officer Language Network Scotland www.LN-scotland.com

  2. All these companies have advertised posts with languages in the last few months

  3. Beijing Olympics – Who supplied all the power ? Aggreko from Scotland

  4. Band Oven Four BANDOFEN HORNO

  5. Bowl cutter Coupeur de cuvette Kutter Cortadora

  6. Scottish Manufactured Exports 10 Year average 1998-2007Source: Scottish Government 1st October 2008

  7. Language Network Scotland Languages mean Work Want a Job ? Want a career ? Want to travel ? Lawyer, doctor, computer scientist, web site designer, Spy (GCHQ, MI5, MI6), pop star, fashion designer, car mechanic, secretary, sports pro, accountant, shop assistant, TV, media, journalist, tourism, exporter, fish merchant, seed potato salesman Europe and the world want you if…….

  8. Multilingual Forum Background Education UK businesses will be "severely hampered“ because language skills are falling behind those in other countries – House of Lords report Apr 05

  9. Scotland – Small Country on Periphery of Europe Golf – Whisky, Allied, LVMH, No No No Centre of the Universe Scolocate- South Gyle, Broadband, SKYPE IBM, Honeywell, NCR, Hilton, Shell, Indigo Lighthouse contact lenses, Sykes International, Eaton, Cigna,

  10. Global Economy Mobility of Labour EU Membership Recruitment is Global Competition for Jobs Can you compete ?

  11. Multilingual Forum Small Business and Languages • Tourism & Web site localisation • STF / VisitBritain – the German market • 7 times greater hits in German • Language Strategies and Growth • Competition in Global Tourism

  12. Don’t worry you can get a computer to translate it for you ---- or can you ?

  13. Machine Translation * From French to English ---- Hello with all, owner of a herdsman bernois and a collie, 2 males with the temperament boosted but méga accessory I begin one to be accustomed of bastons of dogs, almost jpourrais to write a bouquin.."le herdsman against Labrador, assisted attacks flashes of the collie or recently "the forest disassembling of a low-red by 2 dogs which DO NOT HAVE of THEM the technical AIR"... of attack the large herdsman immobilizes the prey and the collie launches attacks flashes on the level of the head...

  14. The Cost of getting it Wrong What works in my language may not do so in yours

  15. Stir Fried Wikipedia?

  16. Language Network Scotland Languages mean Work 2009 Presented by Tim Steward Formerly Scotland Officer Language Network Scotland www.LN-scotland.com

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