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I work in the field of social services. I love songwriting, physical activity (hiking/sports/martial arts/Parkour), and language learning.

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Azadeh

Persian (Farsi)

Jun 1, 2015

Wonderful discussion. Thank you for this. YOu speak Farsi very well. Hope to see you again.

Frank

German

Jul 12, 2014

We talked about several topics and Edward has a wide knowledge of vocabulary. Very good!

DEUTSCHTALK (Peter)

German

Jul 8, 2014

Thank you Edward! I hope all goes well with your upcoming language proficiency test.

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اکوادور، قسمت 1 از سال 2009 تا 2012 من معلم بودم در مدرسه ای که مخصوص برای بچه های خوش قریحه بود. کار جالب بود. و یکی از مزیتاش این بود که برایم تابستان کاملاً ازاد بود. به این خاطر، یک تابستان تسمیم گرفتم قدری سفر برم. اما جزئات مهمی این بود که نه تنها سفر رون بلکه هم کار کردن قصدم بود. چندین گذینه بود، اما بیشترشون شامل درس دادن زبان انگلیسی بود، که نمی خواستم بکنم. پس جستجو می کردم، و آخراً فرصتی پیدا کردم که به اکوادور سفر برم و به عنوان دواطلب کار کنم در یک پناه گاه خشونت خانگی. فقط ضروری بود که دواطلب ها بتونن اسپانیایی در سطح متوسط صحبت کنن. صادقانه بگم، من که اسپانیایی قدری یاد گرفته بودم و می تونستم بخونم و بنویسم، اما هیچ وقت هرفش نزده بودم. با این وجود، باور می کردم که یک بار به اکوادور رسیده ام، به راحتی دانش نوشتاری من تبدیل به توانایی گفتاری می شه. پس سبت نام کردم.
July 11, 2020
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In my opinion, it is critically important to organise your preparation for researching properly.

Okay, but it sounds a little unnatural. Another option: "In my opinion, proper organisation is critically important when preparing for research."

I strongly believe<s>,</s> that using online resources is much better than having it on paper. I will explore the reasons in the following essay. No comma 

First of all, some materials have restricted access. Sometimes you can not find a book or an article<s>,</s> which was written <s>tens </s>dozens of years ago<s>,</s> in a local library.

No equivalent of десятки 

My own experience demonstrates this reality. Two years ago, I <s>have prepared </s>was preparing for an important international conference and trying<s>tried </s>to find information on a specific biological topic. I wasted hours<s>,</s> trying to find anything related to this theme, but every article I <s>have </s>read was useless<s>useful </s>and uninformative. My supervisor advised me<s>gave me an advice </s>to look for a<s>the </s>particular book. However, when I asked a librarian in my university, it could not be<s>nothing was </s>found, because only a thousand copies had been printed<s>this book was printed only in a thousand copies</s>. I decided to search for it on the internet and finally got it. This example illustrates how important it is to have different resources to solve the problem of unavailability of information.

Secondly, printed materials have a bad impact <s>(adversely influence ) </s>on the environment.

"Influence" implies emotional or intellectual persuasion, so you can't use it with reference to the environment

The ecological problems are becoming more and more <s>important </s>(urgent? severe?)<s> </s>during the last decade, especially the problem of cutting down forests for making paper.

For instance, there were a company against wasting paper in my university.

"Against" only implies an opinion. You want more active phrasing here, since the company was engaged in concrete actions to prevent paper waste. Maybe: "There was a company whose mission was to reduce paper waste."

People were paid for turning in<s>giving </s>useless printed materials, because of the opportunity to recycle them <s>it</s>. During my school years, I <s>have</s> saved a number of writing-books to prepare for exams, so I decided to get rid of them<s>it</s>. I earned about two dollars and bought an ice-cream, but more important was that I was <s>a bit </s>proud of myself for<s>because of </s>making a small contribution to<s>for </s>saving the earth. <s>Moreover,</s> if only every one of us stopped using<s>had abolished from </s>pointless paper, our planet would be<s>have been </s>in <s>a</s> better condition. And this is a brilliant example of how we can take part in a global mission just by using web-resources instead of cutting down trees.

In conclusion, I believe<s>,</s> that using <s>an</s>the internet is much better than trying to find paper materials in libraries or book stores. This is because of the unstable ecological situation in the world and the accessibility of some materials.

Very good! A few words were used in an awkward way and some of the prepositions were wrong, but overall, you display excellent command. It is a small detail, but if you are interested in why I removed many of your commas, take a look at this article: <a href="https://www.grammar-monster.com/lessons/which_that_who_comma_or_not.htm" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.grammar-monster.com/lessons/which_that_who_comma_or_not.htm</a>
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July 11, 2020
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Good job! There are mistakes, but I can understand almost everything that you wrote. There are several ways to write this without mistakes, but here is one possibility:

Hey you guys, do you know that today is earth day?
What I did today:

I just turned off the lights when I went out to mail a package to my friend Jiyeon. (...not clear what you mean by "her wallet" and "my little bone"...)

I want people to be aware of the nice things in our world.

I just wanted to do something worthwhile.

But it is too small.

I want to do something bigger, at least in the coming years.
Have a good day!
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April 22, 2015
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They're very similar, but "desert" tends to imply that you had made some kind of commitment. For example, you can desert a family, desert from the army, etc., but if you drop a pencil and decide to keep walking without picking it up, then you have abandoned the pencil. You cannot desert the pencil, because you didn't make any promises to it : )
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April 22, 2015
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I'm baaaaaaaack.... *-*

Hi guys,
after a long time I'm back in Italki. I'm so happy. I had a lot of exams and I had to learn a lot for my study ("study a lot"?). Now I have enough time for writing new texts and for correcting texts in German.

Soon I will begin an English course in at my university. I want to improve my speech. The teacher is a native speaker and he doesn't speak German. I think this is good because I don't won't have no any chance to speak in German, so I'll have to speak in English xD

I look forward to the course and I hope I can gain new experiences.

Best wishes and thank you for the correction :)
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March 22, 2015
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La vie d'un réfugié Depuis un mois je travaille dans la domaine de réinstallation des réfugiés, lequel avait été mon désir depuis longtemps. Malgré que j'ai eu cet boulot-ci seulement un mois, j'ai dejà appris tellement des choses sur les réfugiés et le procédé de leur réinstallation, pas seul aux E.U., mais mondialement aussi. Saviez-vous que dont les 17 million des réfugiés dans le monde, seulement 1% finit par être réinstallé dans un autre pays? Et de cet nombre les Etats-Unis par lui-même reçoit 2/3! Vas-y Europe, j'étais une fois chez vous et j'ai vu tellement d'espace... Aprés d'huir de la guerre ou quoi qu'ait passé dans leur pays, les réfugiés arrivent à un pays (généralement voisin) où ils peuvent rester en sécurité--par exemple, les syriens que huyont à Turqui. Il y a des campements où les réfugiés devont vivre. La durée de leur séjour dans le campement peut être trés longue; parfois nait un enfant dans un tel campement et passe sa enfance entiére là ou même sa vie entiére. Si un réfugié réussit à être approuvé par les N.U. pour réinstallation, ils n'ont aucune de choix d'où ils vont être envoyé. Comme j'ai dit, les E.U. accepte le nombre plus grand, ainsi que la plupart des réfugiés (especiellement avec des problémes de santé) sont envoyé içi. Une fois arrivé, le réfugié fait face à un ensemble nouveau des problémes: Comment peux-je obtenir un boulot si je ne parle pas l'anglais? Aprés de que le peu d'argent que le gouvernement m'a donné s'épuise, comment vais-je survivre? Qu'est qu'un bus et comment l'utiliser? Qu'est qu'une machine à laver? Qu'est que les impôtes? Mon boulot est dans cette dérniere domaine: les aider dans leur troisiéme pays dans la troisiéme phase de leurs problémes. On fait ce que on peut, mais enfin, être un réfugié c'est trés dur de bout en bout, et ils devont être trés résilients pour s'en sortir.
March 22, 2015
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Experts: There are up to twenty thousand different types of bacteria in beards

The facial hair is unsanitary and may be the cause of infections, those are the conclusions reached by several scientists at Scotland and England.

"This research shows that the men with beards are the "home" of a huge number of bacteria, much more than on the faces of men who don't have beards or women, around twenty thousand or more", explains Anthony Hilton, chair of the biology department of Aston University in Birmingham, England.

Source: http://www.publimetro.com.mx/mujeres/expertos-existen-hasta-20-mil-bacterias-diferentes-en-la-barba/XeSocq!g0_c216FH2AFxMN_Pr7_nQ/
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March 18, 2015
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Read a lot. Then listen a lot. Then speak a little, and you will have excellent English.
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January 3, 2015
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September 30, 2014
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Excellent translation. If you want it to be 100% perfect, though, see below : )

Why Russians Don't Smile (version in English)

I tried to translate a Russian article, so I hope you will understand everything =)

Foreigners constantly say that Russians are surprisingly unsmiling people; they write about it on blogs and in guidebooks, ask in personal meetings (maybe "ask their Russian friends about it"? об этом спрашивают на личных свиданиях?), tell all their friends and acquaintances. Indeed, we smile much more less than other nationalities, but, as it turns out, we have our own reasons. The article "Smiling in Russian Communicative Behavior" by Dr. Iosif Sternin which explains some features of the Russian smile. Quotes from this article:

1. Smiling is not a sign of politeness in Russian communication. Western smiles during greetings only signify politeness: the more a person smiles, the more they want to show friendliness to the other. However, a constant polite smile is called a "smile on duty" in Russia and is considered a negative indicator of a person, a display of his insincerity, secrecy, or unwillingness to show his true feelings. A Russian smile is a sign of personal liking but not politeness.

2. In Russia, it is not common to smile at strangers. Smiles in Russian communication are directed mainly at acquaintances. It is for that reason that a shop assistant does not smile at customers - she doesn't know them. If she knows a buyer, she will surely smile at him.

3. For Russians it is not typical to smile back. If a Russian sees a stranger smiling at him / her, he/she will no doubt look for the source of their amusement. Maybe something in his / her clothing or hairstyle is not OK.

4. It is not common to smile when dealing with more serious issues. You wouldn't see many smiling faces in business meetings, because business is serious, and by smiling, you show that you either don't take it seriously or you distrust your partners' words. For example, customs officers at airports never smile because they are engaged in serious business. This feature of the Russian smile is unique.

5. A Russian smile is always personal. When a Russian smiles at you, he or she wants to say that he or she likes you sincerely.

6 . Russians need a particular reason to smile. You've heard good news and you smile to show that you consider that news to be good. You feel really great and you wear a big smile, so everybody understands you have something really good happening in your life. You have to have a special reason for laughter too. There is a popular Russian saying, “A laughter without a reason is a sign of stupidity” meaning that you might be very stupid or crazy if you laugh at nothing.
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September 30, 2014
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