Season 1
Episodes
E09: 'Vienna waits for you' with Andrea Zimmerl
Starting her engineering career in the 1990ies, Andrea Zimmerl could never quite limit herself to just one profession: consulting for small Austrian companies in plastics technology she soon felt the need to help...
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#008 Junk the Jargon: with Australian construction industry specialist Becky Paroz
With thirty years in the construction industry, Becky Paroz has demonstrated her leadership skills on some of the most demanding projects in Australia. Becky is an engineer, a project manager and Director in three...
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#007 Licence to talk (lame joke, I know)
When it comes to learning a new language, English is often touted as one of the most confusing and least straightforward languages to comprehend. This is particularly true for those learning how to leverage the...
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#006 Conversations at the edge: with corporate communication specialist Catherine Stagg-Macey
When working on an international project with engineers from different countries, you have to ask yourself one question:
Do you want to be right, or do you want a relationship?
What does that mean? Find out in today's...
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#005 Engineering Culture
Ever wondered what it's like for an Austrian to move, work and teach in Australia?
Listen to this episode where Olivia interviews Christian Urich, her former classmate, who once promised their English teacher to never...
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#004 Lost in Translation, part 2
This is the 2nd and final part of an interview with Ama Zbarcea, communication specialist, legal expert, expat, and polyglot.
Ama has a multicultural background, and she has worked with people from various cultures....
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#003 Lost in Translation, part 1
In this episode of English for Engineers, Olivia is talking to Ama Zbarcea, a legal expert, communication specialist, and polyglot.
Ama is not an engineer, but as a legal expert, her weapon of choice is the English...
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#002 Business vs Technical English
What's Business English?
What's Technical English?
What's Simplified Technical English?
What's English for Engineers?
All those questions (and more) get answered in this podcast!
There is so much confusion around...
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#001 Well, hello there engineers
This is the very 1st episode of Olivia's ENGLISH FOR ENGINEERS podcast, where she introduces herself and tells you a little bit about her background in engineering. She's also sharing 4 language learning tips that you...
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