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jon357   
27 Apr 2020
Classifieds / Polish wedding with Polish and Yoruba speaking party or wedding (may be also English) host [9]

I had a quick look online and couldn't find anything (except a couple of videos of Nigerian and Polish weddings posted by wedding planners in various places). It might be necessary to have a Yoruba Wedding Host working together with a Polish compere. In the UK, I think both would speak English. Poland doesn't have the same tradition as African Wedding Hosts; although things at the wedding party do happen in a fairly set order (especially the food and copious/frequent drinks) this is normally done by either the management of the venue or the caterers. If it's self-catered, the family would organise.
jon357   
27 Apr 2020
News / Presidential elections 2020 - your opinions about campaign, candidates [2222]

wholly unnecessary and puts a shadow over Polish democracy on the international stage.

They're floundering. Their rural and small-town support base depends increasingly on 500+ which may well not be sustainable; added to this, their voters tend to be the most economically vulnerable.

Holding what is in effect a rigged election without OSCE Observers further weakens both their position and the international confidence needed for continued inward investment.

Plus of course inflation is high and starting to soar...
jon357   
26 Apr 2020
Law / Poland's citizenship by descent question. Polish great-great grandfather arrived in the USA as a kid. [76]

You should read the Versailles treaties before posting

Good luck waving a copy of the Treaty of Versailles at the staff in the relevant office. You could take along a copy of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, the Treaty of Vienna, the Magna Carta, Suetonius' Lives of the Caesars and the Egyptian Book of The Dead for good measure.

a good lawyer is required

A good one will point out that Polish Citizenship did not exist in 1908, regardless of what you (who once claimed on here that Lech Wałęsa is still the lawful president!!) may wish was true in your own personal case...

On the same pathetic level as Freeman on The Land/Sovereign Citizen woo.
jon357   
22 Apr 2020
Language / Short Polish<->English translations [1050]

He/she may have already found the answer elsewhere and not even checked here. It's very possible.

Always nice to get a "thank you" though. One of those little things that brighten the day, make the birdies sing, the flowers bloom and warms the cockles of the heart.
jon357   
22 Apr 2020
News / Presidential elections 2020 - your opinions about campaign, candidates [2222]

And a diplomat has just confirmed it. They can't organise overseas postal voting easily, nor can they have voting at an embassy:

rmf24.pl/raporty/raport-wybory-prezydenckie2020/najnowsze-fakty/news-polski-dyplomata-w-usa-to-co-dzieje-sie-wokol-wyborow-prezyd,nId,4454642
jon357   
22 Apr 2020
Language / Short Polish<->English translations [1050]

People need much more context

It's fairly clear to anyone directly familiar with that field. The job title is a well-established one. And there happened to be someone reading the thread who knows the field very well and was able to answer.

Unless you expect the full job description so non-specialists can mull over it and give random opinions...
jon357   
22 Apr 2020
Language / Short Polish<->English translations [1050]

learning disabilities.

The term has a specific meaning in the UK; a particular adult client group of Social Services. It was the field I worked in for a few years back there, before it was all privatised.

If the work concerns children in school, the term Special Educational Needs is usual.

The various jobs, roles etc vary from country to country, usually on the basic of the particular 'model of disability', whether social or medical, as well as the type of care providers involved.
jon357   
22 Apr 2020
Language / Short Polish<->English translations [1050]

nauczyciel wspomagający.

That's a different job, one in a school; the role requires teacher training. Support Workers have a very specific role, usually in Group Homes. I used to supervise them back in the UK.
jon357   
21 Apr 2020
Language / Short Polish<->English translations [1050]

'pedagog szkolny'?

Pedagog szkolny is usually an Educational Guidance Counsellor who works within the school system.
jon357   
21 Apr 2020
Language / Short Polish<->English translations [1050]

Support worker (learning disbilities)

"Asystent osobisty osoby z niepełnosprawnością intelektualną"
If the employee is female, the first word is asystentka.

Care worker.

"Opiekun osób niepełnosprawnych intelektualnie."
If the employee is female, the first word is Opiekunka.

Opiekun/Opiekunka is used for paid carers, care assistants for any client group, home care etc.

Polish is a very gendered language, however job adverts often say asystent/asystentka or opiekun/opiekunka

pedagog

That means 'Instructor'.
jon357   
19 Apr 2020
Law / Old Polish money banknotes - what's their value today? [415]

I don't think there's much value except as a curiosity. There'a one on sale on allegro (Polish Ebay) for 12zl, about 3 dollars. Andrzej Żamojda (according to a magazine article I just looked at) first visited Kiermus in the late 90s, so very recent.

Here's the article; it should be possible to put it through google translate. The title (the original is in Polish) reads "The man who founded his own republic".

wprost.pl/tygodnik/10117867/czlowiek-ktory-stworzyl-wlasna-rzeczpospolita.html

I would hang on to the banknote; it may become rare one day.
jon357   
19 Apr 2020
Law / Old Polish money banknotes - what's their value today? [415]

As far as I know, a businessman called Andrzej Żamojda who owns or owned a hotel called Dworek nad Łąkami at Kiermus in Podlasie printed local banknotes. Quite a character, he revived local traditional crafts etc.

It sounds a bit like a LETS currency scheme. The hotel is still there and the area's worth visiting.
jon357   
18 Apr 2020
Life / Place of Living Choice: Poland vs Hungary vs Germany [44]

d. More developed than in the most countries of Western Europe

Why are you deliberately misinforming him?

journalism

Plenty of it here, mostly people chasing the same work and getting it largely through contacts.
jon357   
18 Apr 2020
Law / How do I verify a Polish company's existence? [249]

Zamet

There's more than one company called Zamet. One is in Stargard Szczecinski and makes heavy machinery.

It certainly exists. Is it Zamet in Stargard that you're asking about?