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For professionals looking to get the greatest return for their skills as well as a far better lifestyle than might otherwise be available to them at home, the Middle East has traditionally been their first port of call when looking for long term ex-pat contracts; but now, it seems that the Middle East might have some serious competition.

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A leading international property service provider has recently made an interesting comment on British buyers in the Spanish property market; but interestingly, those comments have strange synchronicities with what we observe about immigrants here and, indeed worldwide.

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Spain has always held a special place in the hearts of us Brits; ever since the 1960’s and the advent of the package holiday, Spain has been the destination of choice for generations of us. This love of Spain, has indeed, shaped Spain and its tourist industry; the rise of the ‘Costas’ and their mostly Anglicised nature together with the widespread ownership of Spanish properties by Brits are just two signs of this British-Spanish symbiosis.

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Now generally, working as a translator won’t really get you into too much bother; ok, so you might have to travel a bit and perhaps put up with waiting around in Courts etc for long periods, but that’s usually as far as it goes.

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It’s not often that I get caught out linguistically abroad…but I’m ashamed to say that a couple of days ago, just this very thing happened. Now don’t get me wrong, I’m no genius when it comes to languages…it’s just that I don’t tend to venture to places where I have not got even a basic smattering of the local lingo; I tend to think that it’s disrespectful to expect to go to someone’s country without making an effort to get along.

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Always a keen watcher of trends; I have noticed that the uptake of Spanish lessons, courses and tutorials in the USA is increasing noticeably. But why is this? Is this a sign of the indigenous population wishing to improve integration with the rapidly growing Hispanic population of the South Eastern States perhaps?

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Forget the hustle and bustle of the usual High Street mêlée for Christmas gifts. Don’t put up with grey skies and an equally grey shopping experience; why not do what increasing numbers of Brits are choosing to do? Go to Germany for your Christmas shopping.

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I was somewhat interested to hear of a new Bill that is due for debate today in the German Parliament – The Reichstag. In essence, the Bill, if passed, will make it illegal for anyone under the age of 18 to indulge in public displays of affection.

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Although the amount that Local Government spends on translations is never very far away from the headlines, it seems that the true cost of the provision of language services may be much higher than first thought…it is estimated to total some £500 million annually, in fact.

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The importance and global influence of China was highlighted last week with news that the Panamanian National Assembly has given provisional approval to a Bill that will make the teaching of Mandarin compulsory in all schools.

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