In this episode of Culture Explored, Ethnolink CEO Costa Vasili sits down with Marketing & Communications Officer Emily Tan to explore Malaysian culture.

Emily is Malaysian Australian, and grew up in Malaysia's Chinese-speaking community. She shares her perspective on Malaysia's multilingual and multicultural community, where many Malaysians do not have the same first language.

Learn about Malaysian cultural groups, what multiculturalism in Malaysia looks like, and what languages Malaysians speak! 

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Ethnolink produces content about translation, culture, and multicultural communities regularly. In addition to podcasts, we also write blog posts and host webinars!

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In this episode of Culture Explored, Costa chats with Gabriela Lefevre, an Argentinian national who shares her observations about the difference between Argentinian and Australian culture as well as different variations of the Spanish language.

Gabriela is a very experienced language professional with a wealth of knowledge about the Spanish language and communications preferences of Spanish speakers in Australia. She has worked as a literary and scientific translator for many years and she gives an insight into a day-in-the-life of a translator. 

This chat also explores resilience and is a timely reminder about why Australia truly is the "lucky country". 

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In this episode of Culture Explored Costa is joined by the wonderful Henrietta Podgorska, a Hungarian national  who generously shares her story of calling Australia home.

Henrietta is a strong advocate for multicultural communication in Australia and has a wealth of experience working with multicultural communities in Perth. She shares her observations and suggestions for better communicating with culturally diverse audiences in Australia and gives some great travel tips for those looking to visit Hungary in the future.

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Welcome back! In this episode of Culture Explored, Costa Vasili chats with Shana Ryan. Shana was born in Japan to American parents and has now lived in Australia for 4 years. During this raw discussion, Shana opens up about what it was like growing up in a culture where you don't physically fit in, describing the difficulty of navigating identity and racism at a young age, as well as the linguistic challenges she has faced. Thank you to Shana for generously sharing some incredibly personal insights in what is our most revealing episode so far.

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Bonjour, et bienvenue! 

In this episode of Culture Explored, Costa Vasili chats with Cloé Bru, Ethnolink's resident French translation strategist and a superstar NAATI certified translator and conference interpreter.

Cloé grew up in Normandy, France, spending time studying in Spain before her passion for translation and interpreting bought her to Australia in 2018. Costa and Cloé cover a wide range of topics, including  what she misses most about France,  the difference in langauge service provision in Europe vs Australia, and of course, they discuss Netflix's hit show, Emily in Paris!!

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你好 / nǐ hǎo. In our second episode of Culture Explored, Costa Vasili is joined by Peter Chen, a Chinese interpreting and translation student at The University of Melbourne, who is currently completing an internship at Ethnolink.

Peter grew up in China, and moved to Australia in late 2019 to pursue his studies in Australia. Costa and Peter discuss what it is like to be an international student in Australia during a pandemic, as well as the communication preferences of Chinese speakers. 

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Ciao! Benvenuto/a, (welcome!) to our first ever episode of Culture Explored.

In this episode, Costa Vasili chats with Fabiana Franco, Ethnolink's resident NAATI Certified Italian translator and one of ourTranslation Strategists. Fabiana grew up in Italy, studied languages, translation and interpreting before moving to Australia a few years ago. 

We hope you enjoy hearing Fabiana share stories about her life in Italy, what bought her to Australia, as well as her observations and first-hand experiences of Italian langauge services in Australia. Grazie!

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