by Olivia Augustin | Jul 31, 2026 | Communication at Work
Clients ask me to translate their documents all the time. A tender specification, a contract, a technical manual. The logic makes sense to them: I already work with their team on their English, so why not hand me the German or Dutch version too? I always say no. Not...
by Olivia Augustin | Jul 17, 2026 | Confidence & Fluency
Your accent is not the problem. If you’re a non-native English speaker working in international engineering, chances are you’ve worried about it at least once. In a meeting, on a call with stakeholders, maybe right before you have to present. The thought...
by Olivia Augustin | Jul 3, 2026 | Solo Session
An engineer emailed me before a €20 million construction project. Stakeholder meetings, negotiations, contracts, all coming at him fast. His English wasn’t quite where it needed to be. He had two options in front of him. One was a 12-week one-on-one course built...
by Olivia Augustin | Jul 1, 2026 | Confidence & Fluency
You already know you should practise your English more. You also know that opening a grammar textbook after a full day of engineering work is not going to happen. So here is a more honest approach: watch TV. Not instead of studying. Not as a guilty pleasure you have...
by Olivia Augustin | Jun 29, 2026 | Confidence & Fluency
I once had a teacher who only gave out the highest mark or the lowest. Nothing in between. No middle ground. No room for “fine.” His reasoning was blunt: if your bridge collapses, you cannot say your calculation was average. That kind of thinking builds...
