Patricia Berger – There is Something About Airplanes (German, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, Italian, Hebrew)

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Story taken from interview with Patricia, MA Translation & Interpretation, ’18; Written by K.Throgmorton

Patricia has always been a traveller. She is someone who loves arriving in a new place and rises to the challenges of being in a new place, surrounded by a different culture, and an unfamiliar language. Airplanes provide the mechanism to easily move across the globe and languages provide a new window to understanding each new place, its people, and its culture.

William Giller – Time, Motivation, Inhibition (English, Spanish, French, German, Croatian, Russian, Cantonese, Arabic, Portuguese, Italian, Mandarin)

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Story taken from interview with William, MA Translation, ’18; Written by K.Throgmorton

When William speaks about languages, his whole being lights up. He is positive and speaks with passion and energy. It’s not about how many languages, how fluent you are, or how many vocabulary words or grammar rules you know when it comes to learning and speaking different languages. William identifies with languages for a variety of reasons and differently in different circumstances. Some ideas and feelings are easier to express in one language or another and directly translating isn’t always enough. William speaks about a multi-lingual lifestyle and communication style that he works diligently to cultivate.