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Blog articles based on episodes of the English for Engineers podcast — real conversations with engineers and experts on communication, international work, and Technical English.
Clear Is Kind: A Crossover Episode with Aimee Arsenault
Engineers are trained to communicate in steps. Step 1, step 2, step 3. Read the diagram, follow the procedure, done....
Vienna Waits for You: Reinventing an Engineering Career
In this episode of English for Engineers, I sit down with Andrea Zimmerl, a fellow Viennese and a fellow engineer, who...
Junk the Jargon: Why Engineering Jargon Isn’t Clear
In this episode of English for Engineers, I sit down with Becky Paroz, a 30-year veteran of the Australian...
007: License to Talk
In this episode of English for Engineers, I share why I started this podcast in the first place, then walk through...
Why Logic Alone Can’t Hold Your Team Together
In this episode of English for Engineers, I sit down with Catherine Stagg-Macey, executive coach, team coach, and...
Let the Drawings Speak: How Engineering Culture Changes Across Borders
In this episode of English for Engineers, I catch up with an old schoolmate, Christian Urich, a civil and...
Lost in Translation: How Culture Shapes Business Communication
You can have perfect grammar and still get completely misread. That's the whole premise of these two episodes — one...
Technical English vs Business English
What I Mean by "English for Engineers" In this episode of English for Engineers, I take on three terms that get thrown...
Well, Hello There, Engineers
In the first episode of the English for Engineers podcast, Olivia introduces herself and explains why a civil engineer...