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State of Brazil IT: English for tech professionals

Posted on November 1, 2011 by Mark Hillary

With The Economist in Brazil this week focused on where Brazil is heading in the next decade, IT Decisions is commenting on a series of points raised during discussions in our LinkedIn forum. This chapter of our report State of Brazil IT discusses the language … Continue reading →

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Ada Lovelace and Brazil’s female IT pros

Posted on October 7, 2011 by Mark Hillary

When I was studying computer science at college in the UK, one of the things I had to learn was how to write software in the programming language Ada. It’s quite hard compared to languages such as BASIC or C, the languages … Continue reading →

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Is technical English enough?

Posted on May 2, 2011 by Mark Hillary

Kleber Pedroso is an experienced English language coach for Brazilian IT professionals. In his first guest column for IT Decisions, he questions the difference between technical English knowledge versus having full proficiency in the language.

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Is business English good enough for IT?

Posted on March 29, 2011 by Mark Hillary

IT Decisions asked the question ‘Do IT workers need to learn English to really get on these days?‘ and many of you responded. Neil Ruedlinger, from Australia, took the time to give a detailed answer so we are posting his … Continue reading →

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