After yet another extended absence I am back with my blog. I keep promising myself I'll work on this with a certain regularity but it never seems to work out.
So just to re-cap the highlights of recent months:
I had a very busy pre-World Cup period, with clients trying to get everything put to bed before the "main event". The Brazilian national team were a flash in the pan, having struggled in the group phase against lesser opposition. The game against Germany was the wake-up call for Brazilian football. Look at the Brazilian championship - two teams, Cruzeiro and São Paulo, that's it. The others are poor supporting actors.
Little work during the WC, but if you go to Belo Horizonte and find a copy of the FIFA Supporters Guide, it's all my own work, although the name of the agency that hired me appears, not mine.
Things are kind of steadier now, but I still detect fits and starts. I don't see it changing much until after the elections.
Back in "the oul country", the Reverend Ian Paisley passed away last week. The firebrand, bible-thumping minister who swore never to share power with Nationalists(aka Sinn Fein) was a crucial figure in getting to a final peace agreement. When everyone had expected the moderate Unionists and the Nationalist SDLP to produce the goods, it was the more radical Sinn Fein and Mr. Paisley's radical DUP party that broke the deadlock.
Back to business, roll on PROFT 2014, where I'll be making a presentation and possibly running a workshop, too. The event takes place on December 12 and 13 at the Paulista Wall Street on Rua Itapeva 636. really looking forward to it.
Back soon.
Monday 15 September 2014
Sunday 23 March 2014
Hi folks
It's been a long time since I was last blogging, although I'm on-line everyday on FB. There's just not enough time for everything. But now I intend to move this blog to my website, as a means of advertising what I've been doing recently, especially in interpreting. So perhaps the next time you visit www.lagtrad.net.br, you'll see what I've been up to. I'm slowly updating the site, and intend to publish a photo gallery of the events I interpret at and a list of the main events I've worked on so far. So patience, please.
Last week I spent two days intermediating business meetings and factory visits involving a US company and a potential Brazilian acquisition. Exhausting but enjoyable, but I couldn't have done it on my own, so thanks go to my colleague, Beatriz Rose, for her support.
This week, my activities include a presentation to the visiting UK trade mission from the East Midlands. My presentation is a brief outline of the cultural aspects of doing business in Brazil.
More later.
Liam
It's been a long time since I was last blogging, although I'm on-line everyday on FB. There's just not enough time for everything. But now I intend to move this blog to my website, as a means of advertising what I've been doing recently, especially in interpreting. So perhaps the next time you visit www.lagtrad.net.br, you'll see what I've been up to. I'm slowly updating the site, and intend to publish a photo gallery of the events I interpret at and a list of the main events I've worked on so far. So patience, please.
Last week I spent two days intermediating business meetings and factory visits involving a US company and a potential Brazilian acquisition. Exhausting but enjoyable, but I couldn't have done it on my own, so thanks go to my colleague, Beatriz Rose, for her support.
This week, my activities include a presentation to the visiting UK trade mission from the East Midlands. My presentation is a brief outline of the cultural aspects of doing business in Brazil.
More later.
Liam
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