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| = English = | | = English = |
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| == Language tools and resources== | | == Useful & good to know stuff and services == |
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| * http://www.onelook.com - look up English words in English from over 500 dictionaries with one search | | * http://www.onelook.com - look up English words in English from over 500 dictionaries with one search |
| * http://www.etymonline.com - look up etymologies of English lang words. '''Start with [http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=Business&searchmode=none etymology of the word "business"]''' | | * http://www.etymonline.com - look up etymologies of English lang words. '''Start with [http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=Business&searchmode=none etymology of the word "business"]''' |
| * http://www.wordreference.com - free high quality dictionaries | | * http://www.wordreference.com - free high quality dictionaries |
| * http://www.memrise.com - Language learning environment with a plethora of learning programs | | * http://www.memrise.com - Language learning environment with a plethora of learning programs |
| * http://ankisrs.net - A less automized [[w:spaced repetition]] flash card program and associated web-interface when you don't have an installation handy
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| == Courses ==
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| * [[User:Jukeboksi/BBA studies/Multicultural Business Communication in English]]
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| * [[User:Jukeboksi/BBA studies/Law#Business_Negotiations_and_Contracts]]
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| == Observations on Business English ==
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| {{Q|'''Market slang''' contains a lot of synonyms and words with overlapping meanings ( e.g. capital, equity, shares, stock, investments, holdings, assets etc. almost used interchangeably ) and could be argued that this is done intentionally to render investorspeak non-understandable for the non-investor. Like all cliques and guilds ( lawyers, doctrors etc. ) develop language to make their trade harder for others ( outsiders ) to understand.|jubo-jubo|terminology and cliques}}
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| == Recommended reading ==
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| * [[w:The Stock Exchange (book)]] written by [[w:Max Weber]] in 1894-1896 in what is now [[w:Germany]] at under 100 pages it was originally published as a 2-part informational leaflets for workers suspicious and out-of-the-loop in of the ways of the bourses it remains to this date a very relevant and almost essential read should you want begin to understand the flavours of modern [[w:investment]].
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| * [[Finnish for Business Purposes]] ( in Finnish ) | | * [[Finnish for Business Purposes]] ( in Finnish ) |
| * [[Finnish for foreigners]] | | * [[Finnish for foreigners]] |
| * [http://www.memrise.com/courses/english/finnish/ Memrise.com courses of Finnish]
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| == Learn legal Finnish with translations ==
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| * Compare [http://www.finlex.fi/fi/ Legistlation of Republic of Finland and more online in Finnish and Swedish] with [http://www.finlex.fi/en/laki/kaannokset/ Translations of finnish laws and regulations at finlex.fi]
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| = Swedish = | | = Swedish = |
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| * [[Affärsvenska]] - [[Business Swedish]] - [[Swedish for foreigners]] | | * [[Affärsvenska]] - [[Business Swedish]] - [[Swedish for foreigners]] |
| * [http://www.memrise.com/courses/english/swedish/ Memrise.com courses on Swedish]
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| = French = | | = French = |
| * [http://www.memrise.com/course/131350/french-conjugation-easy/ Excellent French conjugation course on Memrise.com] suitable for beginners and advanced alike
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| * [http://www.memrise.com/course/2086/450-most-common-french-verbs/ 450 most used French verbs] - Nice verbery for basic stuff
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| * [[Français pour debutants 1]] - [[Français pour debutants 2]] - [[Fraçais intermediaire 1]] - [[Fraçais intermediaire 2]] - [[Business French]] - [[French Business Communication]] | | * [[Français pour debutants 1]] - [[Français pour debutants 2]] - [[Fraçais intermediaire 1]] - [[Fraçais intermediaire 2]] - [[Business French]] - [[French Business Communication]] |
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| = Russian =
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| * http://translit.ru - quick hack for typing cyrilics using a western keyboard lay-out
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| * [http://www.memrise.com/courses/english/russian/ Memrise.com courses on Russian]
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| = Places =
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| * [http://lib.eduskunta.fi Library of The Parliament of Finland] is situated in the "Postitalo" right at the core of Helsinki ([http://lib.eduskunta.fi/Resource.phx/kirjasto/sijainti.htx map]). In addition to having all laws and all regulations legistlated by the parliament, they offer wide variety of weekly and monthly magazines from all over the world. '''Free entry.'''
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| <center>This article '''used to be''' at the address '''<nowiki>https://GloBBA12.si/wiki/Language_skills</nowiki>''' from 2012 to 2016 and '''<nowiki>https://wiki.study/regarding/Language_skills</nowiki>''' from 2016 to 2020</center>
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