035 If You Don’t Notice Them, They’re Doing A Good Job - PAUL KAYE talks about Language and European Borders

PAUL KAYE is from Bolton in the UK. He studied for a year in France - his first pure language immersion experience. After University, Paul completed TEFL training with the idea of teaching English in Hungary but instead he ended up in Slovakia for three and a half years as a teacher, broadcaster and journalist. This was a seminal part in his life and set the stage for the many work, life and travel experiences that followed.

Paul now works as a translator for the EU. He was seconded to the UK in 2014 to facilitate initiatives to promote language learning in the UK. This secondment ended in early 2020. He would normally have returned to Brussels but there was nothing normal about 2020 so he is currently working remotely from London.

Paul has many interests, many of which have intersected with his working career over the years. These include cross-country skiing, cycling a number of Eastern Europe country borders, photography and documentary writing (he has published three books - see links below), travel, language learning, and a follower of both cricket and football. Paul's biggest claim to fame to date was acting as interpreter for Sir Alex Ferguson when Manchester United played Slovakia in the 1990's.

This is Paul's inspiring story and thoughts on London, the world and life.

You can find out more about Paul following these links:

Paul has self-published three books:

FRAGMENTS: The Remains of the Iron Curtain on the Ground and in the Mind 20 Years after the Fall of the Wall: https://www.blurb.com/b/1258870-fragments-2nd-corrected-edition

THE DANUBE on Two Wheels: https://www.blurb.com/b/2154862-the-danube-on-two-wheels-paul-kaye

THE VELVET BORDER: Exploring the Czech-Slovak Divide Twenty Years after the Split: https://www.blurb.com/b/3998689-the-velvet-border

You can follow Paul on Twitter: https://twitter.com/paulkayeeulangs?lang=en

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