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Hello, My name’s Tam, it means “heart” so I really appreciate if you can call me by my name. I think it sounds like “Tohm”in English if it’s easier for you to pronounce! And just like Chinese names, each Vietnamese name has it own meanings. Some can have more than one. So, when you start learning Vietnamese, it could be an interesting part when you decide which name you want people to call you. I remember I used to have one student who always wanted people to call him “teapot”. So I asked him if he wanted to be called by “Binh”. Binh also means teapot, peace and average. Interesting right? About myself, I’m currently working as an interpreter at the second biggest stayed-cable bridge in the south of Vietnam and I work for a Korean company. I found that Korean is somehow similar to Vietnamese: once you know how to pronounce and the rules to combine the characters you can READ all things, means you know 50% of the language, my boss, also my Korean teacher keeps telling me that and I start to believe him! Sounds wonderful right? I’m not kidding, but the only problem you have now is to know the meaning of the word which is difficult because of the tonations, I know. But I’m sure that when you are able to read them, you will be excited enough to find out their meanings. I graduated with an excellent degree in English study and I am very good at Vietnamese literature. I do love my mother language and honestly I can’t stand the way teenagers treat Vietnamese right now with their ridiculous abbreviations! I like talking with people, learn new languages and sharing cultures. I can say that I’m a half-modern young girl. I like to try new things while keeping my perspective traditionally. So come have fun learning Vietnamese and speak like a Viet with me. I’ll see you guys around.
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    Which word to use to address people who got paid to post comments or likes on Facebook or Instagram?
    August 28, 2017
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    I'm working on Chinese - English translation, especially in light novel category. Unlike English, Chinese and Vietnamese don't have tenses, and that make me confuse when doing my job. Thank you so much for your advice. Wish you had a great, productive week. 
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    May 31, 2017
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    Tenses in English literature

    Hi guys, 

    I'm a newbie working on some translation projects in Literature field, and I found it really difficult in terms of using proper tenses. Thus, I want to ask for your opinions toward some matters regarding tenses. 

    1. Which tenses should be used? Does it have to be past tense all the time? What if it is a fictional novel which the author had set the time in the future? 

    2. The author sometimes participates in his own writing, which tenses we should use to translate his comments, thoughts or clarifications? 

    3. Should we keep the dialogues between the characters in a natural way as the way we speak in reality? For example, can we use the contracted form of auxiliary verbs? 

    4. If you know some books regarding rules in writing pieces of literature, please recommend. 

    Thank you! 

    May 31, 2017
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    Dear all, 

    I enjoy reading all of your comments this afternoon and I found out that I really need to review my learning methods. Susan and Bernhard, many thanks for your sharing which I found very useful. I'm looking for information of Telenovela Method also. 

    In my opinions, it's okay to talk to people with different levels of the language that you are investing. If you can realize mistakes that they made, it means you have achieved something. If you have a chance to talk to native speakers or to someone whose language skills is better than yours, it's pretty good for you (in case that person is a helpful one). 

    I want to raise a discussion for a related matter. There are several chatting groups (whatsapp groups, mostly) created aim to connect people and create a language environment for them to practice the language they are concerning. Should we or shouldn't we participate in such those groups? Me, I got some experience with this type of languages and cultures exchange. People there come from around the world, we got trouble in setting time for call or something like that. Furthermore, actually we found it is very difficult to catch up with the stories they are carrying out daily. Fighting happens also due to different cultures and other matters. 

    Tell me what do you think about this? Individual partners or group chat is better to practice the language? 


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    August 23, 2016
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    "I have worked for a company, where there was no lunch brake at all."

    I have some opinions about grammar for your sentence, Radoslav :D 

    + Present perfect should be used to indicate results and time. "I have worked for a company" - literally, it means you started to work for a company at some point in the past, and now you are still working for that company, you have not quit yet. 

    + "There was no lunch break at all" - in the past, at some point you did not mention exactly, there was no lunch break. It is a correct sentence. However, when you combine 2 sentences, as Dan said above, you will see something here. You have worked for a company (you are still working now!) and there was no lunch break (in the past). How about now? Maybe they have provided lunch break since some point in the past right after you had complained. 

    => my idea is that you should change the tense of the first sentence to past perfect, or just simply use "used to", so as your sentences can get an agreement in time. 

    - I had worked for a company where there was no lunch break at all. 

    - I used to work for a company where there was no lunch break at all. 

    Thank you for reading this 

    Cheers,

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    August 23, 2016
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    Autocorrect: Good or bad?

    Good day my friends! 

    Most of us have been familiar with Autocorrect tools on our composing applications such as Microsoft Word, or Pages or our dear mobile phone. Some take advantages, some see it annoying. 

    To me, it's good when I'm typing on my computer, it corrects my typos automatically. However, I wonder if it is a bad option I've chosen because  I'm going to form a bad typing habit gradually since I've repeated my typos again and again as my fingers become accustomed to wrong typing sequences. From another aspect, when I type with my phone, autocorrect will do my job and  it even replaces my word  which I intended to write with another word. This is annoying, right? Autocorrect has a dear friend called word prediction, another annoying/good thing. It suggests options for the words that we want to type or even a phrase. I think it doesn't help to learn vocabulary at all because you don't have to remember exactly those shining words or phrases! It has happened to me when I was trying to type in Korean. 

    I want to heard from your ideas, friends.  My question is: Is Autocorrect good or bad for languages learners? 

    Thank you for your contributions. 

    Cheers, 

    Tam. 




    June 28, 2016
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    Hey sister, we have a group of people who want to improve English on whatsapp and skype, just drop me some lines if you want to join us. 

    Cheers,

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    June 28, 2016
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    if you got ACCA you can work anywhere you want, and I suggest Singapore, the financial center of Asia :D 
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    May 23, 2016
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    I think it's easier to think of them this way: to "utter" means to make a sound with your voice, to "say" means to make clear sounds in order to convey information or opinions.
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    August 20, 2015
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    What is your first job?

    I want to tell you about my first job. At school, nobody talks about popular jobs, hot jobs, and/or fit job for me - a student. I think it is a big failure of Vietnam's Education. Incidentally, I heard about testing job for girl / female students. At that time, I thing thought it fit for me because I am was not a good programer and I see knew I can't couldnt do it better although I try have tried to do it. So I get start to registered a Tester course. When I finished , I find have found job sites on internet and apply applied to any job I see i can take. The last Finally/Eventually, there was a company calling to me and asked me to go your visit their office to and took take a test. I was very happy and even more happy when I heard that I got good result of from the test and I can could start working as soon as possible. After that I have joined a new project with the role of a Tester trainee.

     

    Hope this could help. 

    Happy New Year!

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    December 31, 2014
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