Life / Poland safe for a Greek? [93]

Eternal depression? The problem is that currency unions usually have transfers built in where money is sent form richer to poorer parts (in the US from North to South, in the UK from South to North, in Poland West to East).

The Euro is a non-transfer currency union where poorer countries are obliged to take out loans which means that service economies like Spain or Greece have to become more productive than production economies like Germany in order to pay them back or they'll fall into eternal debt bondage with no hope of recovery.

The Euro works for production economies (Germany) or banking economies (Luxembourg) it cannot work for service economies in the long term without a central bank and transfers.

Is Greece closer to economic recovery now than it was 5 years ago?

Work / Polish Canadian ESL job/student advice [78]


Where's the fun in that?


Should "the lamb of God" be translated "the seal of God" for Eskimos? Should the bread of life be 'rice of life' for East Asians?

Work / Polish Canadian ESL job/student advice [78]


how often have you been paid for translations?

Professional translators tend to specialize so a translator who's very good at geology (fer instance) will not be able to take on a text in archeology without it taking several times as long (or turning out pure rubbish they should not be paid for)

There is no way that a neophyte can tell jargon from technical terminology from non-specialized language in an unfamiliar field (especially since the 'same' terms can mean different things in different fields) without special study (whether organized or self-taught) or intensive feedback (unlikely to be provided by someone who thinks a professional translator can translate anything).

Work / Polish Canadian ESL job/student advice [78]


That depends on how you define 'accurate' a very accurate translation from Polish can be torture to read in English (and vice versa). To make some kinds of texts 'good' the translator needs to be less accurate.

accurate translations

my two cents = moich 6.7 groszy

moje trzy grosze = my 0.8 cents

good translation

my two cents = moje trzy grosze


Tha'ts a meaningless sentence...

Work / Polish Canadian ESL job/student advice [78]


In lots of technical fields the concern isn't 'good copy' but 'accurate copy' and normal translator things that general translators do can get in the way of that.

Life / Poland safe for a Greek? [93]


Why bother? if you're flying in you can use an ATM in the airport...

Life / Poland safe for a Greek? [93]

Thankfully, no. At this point there are no upsides to the Euro and a zillion downsides (as witnessed by Greece's inability to exit the ongoing crisis - it structurally cannot as long as it retains the Euro)

Life / Poland safe for a Greek? [93]


I was referring to the fact that the modern state of Lithuania really has nothing to do with the Lithuania referred to in the first line of Pan Tadeusz...

Life / Poland safe for a Greek? [93]


I think it's similar to Lithuania, the modern baltic state has jack all to do with the previous political entity but Poles don't get their underwear in knots about it (well a few do but no one pays attention to them).


Actually some Greek linguists insist the language has not undergone any profound phonological change since ancient times (that is ancient greek sounded like modern Greek). for that to be true you'd have to imagine that ancient greeks were crazy for making such a weird alphabet with such weird spellings (with 5 or so different ways of writing the sound of Polish i )

Life / Poland safe for a Greek? [93]

For two weeks just use your bank card or credit card in ATMs and take out zloties (they all have an english option) ask your bank about charges. Opening an account or changing euros to zloties seems like a lot of unnecessary work.

Some stores might be geared up to accept Euros in cash, but it's easier to pay with zloties or your card.

The Euro-zloty exchange rate usually hovers around 4.15 to 4.25 zloties for one Euro.

Life / Poland safe for a Greek? [93]


So you're recognizing the existence of the country of Macedonia? Good for you!

UK, Ireland / A new mayor in London: opinion of Polish people in the UK? [317]


I thought of you when I heard about this (don't take that the wrong way....)

rte.ie/player/pl/show/prime-time-extras-30003379/10837295

No school of Islamic legal thought forbids FGM all require or at least support it as a good thing.

Another article about this quoted another muslim in Ireland saying there's no need for it and that most muslims in Ireland " follow weak narrations" which I guess means ignoring a lot of stuff in the Koran and the hadiths as well (probably an excellent idea).

Life / Poland safe for a Greek? [93]

MArio: Don't insult me by challenging any of my country's paranoid beliefs, oh and by the way catholics are "false, cowardly and evil snakes"

Life / Poland safe for a Greek? [93]

Being prickly and easily offended will not win you any friends in Poland. Maybe you should reconsider.

Life / Poland safe for a Greek? [93]


names aren't property in that sense, the Greek reactions to the name of the country Macedonia gives Greece a very bad international reputation and makes them look like chauvinistic bullies


he's just a regular Good Will Ambassador!

Life / Poland safe for a Greek? [93]


I'm sure they will be thrilled to know that another country gets to decide what they can call themselves...

Law / Illegal in UK but moved to Poland with Polish wife help for residence card [65]


You speak Polish as much as possible and know how things are done in Poland and prioritize fitting into Polish society over other concerns

Law / Illegal in UK but moved to Poland with Polish wife help for residence card [65]


copper = police

incident = criminal record

if you can't work then find some sort of volunteer work to be doing as evidence of your integration

Law / New law for foreigners : No longer any need to submit documents before expiration of Karta Pobytu? [15]


Consular employee: No, I'm sorry, but that won't be possible.
Becoming dad: _I'm_ the boss now.....
Consular employee: ...... (presses security button)

News / Polonophobia rising in Israel. [144]


Israel's never been interested in dialogue, just in lecturing (not the same thing at all).

Law / Illegal in UK but moved to Poland with Polish wife help for residence card [65]


urząd stan cywilnego (roughly: office of civil (marital) status)

Again, rather than obsess about meeting particular requirements or about what they can or cannot do, concentrate on integration so they won't want to deport you.

Law / Illegal in UK but moved to Poland with Polish wife help for residence card [65]


I've known a number of muslims who have been/are very well integrated (but they tend to be highly educated and secular) and don't go around making their religion a reason to be a wet blanket and are flexible about a lot of things in public.

Law / Illegal in UK but moved to Poland with Polish wife help for residence card [65]


Going about it the wrong way, focus less on ticking boxes that they have to recognize and more as well-integrated guy in trouble that needs some help.

Would be visa applicants who focus more on formal requirements are a giant red flag to bureaucrats.

Law / Illegal in UK but moved to Poland with Polish wife help for residence card [65]

The more at home you seem in Poland the better your chances at not getting kicked out. Polish bureaucrats often go for the spirit of the law rather than the letter (if they like you and they think you fit in).

Law / Illegal in UK but moved to Poland with Polish wife help for residence card [65]

So get to integrating! From my experience urządy like foreigners who don't need translators and who understand how things work. Language is the key to integration in Poland and integration is the key to getting a favorable decision.

Law / Illegal in UK but moved to Poland with Polish wife help for residence card [65]

The UK doesn't want you. Accept it and move on.

News / Poland's economic future? [294]


Then why do so many european coutnries have such a bad record at it?


FGM is now a European tradition! Celebrate it or else!

News / Poland's economic future? [294]


True believers are all the same, no evidence will ever satisfy them as long as they're not personally affected (sometimes even then).

News / Poland's economic future? [294]


Trump voters tended to be either from communities that had been devastated by cosmopolitan economic priorities and/or those concerned about such communities. People that didn't give a rat's @ss about those in the lower class voted for Clinton.

And is your point that since white Americans commit crimes then muslim migrants will be able to integrate into Polish society? I do not see how that follows.

News / Poland's economic future? [294]


not even when he was a wittle kid?