Mananana 04/22/2009
 
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Quotes 03/25/2009
 
"Awaken people's curiosity. It is enough to open minds, do not overload them. Put there just a spark."
- Anatole France

"A teacher is one who makes himself progressively unnecessary."
- Thomas Carruthers

"A teacher who is attempting to teach, without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn, is hammering on a cold iron."
- Horace Mann (1796-1859)

"Education costs money, but then so does ignorance."
- Sir Claus Moser
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Translations! 03/20/2009
 
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Over the Carnaval month of February we did 13 translations totaling 157.000 words. (Certified) translators; please leave us a message at our "work with us" page. Please leave your feedback about translations here; for what did you need them and how did it work out for you (Inglês ou Português)
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Correios 03/11/2009
 
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Yesterday our Salvador branch was featured in the largest newspaper of Bahia, "Correios", as on of the few schools with "exotic" language courses. Check out this link.

All the old games, from the earlier DOS platforms, Amiga and C64, Nintendo etc. are playable online here (link) at a site of a client of us. Personal favorite is Bubble Bobble. Gold!
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Under the "alunos header": published a lot of videos, books and comics. We are not hosting them, we found them on public servers. Enjoy 'em while they're there!

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Good start to the new year: we just won a bid for a subcontract translation of the technical manual for a new Fiat, English> Dutch and English> Danish, over 10k words monthly. If you are fluent in any language besides your mother tongue, drop us a line in the "work with us" section with your lowest rate.

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New projects 12/21/2008
 

Over the last 2 months we have been developing several new courses. We hope to bring them live early in the new year.
- together with the state regulatory body CRECI a real estate language course, for now just in English. French and German will follow.
- Holland has very strict immigration laws, such as speaking the language BEFORE you move there. Ridiculous as that might be, it is today's reality. Obviously the idea is to stop immigration from the North African countries, but the lawmaker must pretend that this is not the case so it effects Brazilian immigrants as well.
In any case, together with the Dutch consul we hope to be able to offer a specialized course for the "immigrant exam" soon. At the moment we have just 1 student Dutch, at our Salvador branch. Under the "Aluno" tab of this page you can find extra material (if any/ under construction) for languages we currently have students in: English, German, Spanish and Dutch.
- Immersion course. Long term goal to place this on the market; domestic> English, international> Portuguese.

In any case, more info on these projects can be found under the "special 4U" tab.

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Questions 12/21/2008
 

In the comments section of this post you can ask your questions about the material. Your teacher will answer you within a day, here or during class- whatever comes first.

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First Post! 12/21/2008
 

So, we are almost done with the upgrades, new hosting (old domain http://www.s4you.com.br is no longer active). Salvador branch opened this year, and still a lot of work to be done. Translations have really taken off, but our main focus remains English language& skill training. This blog for our reminders and bored people.

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