On the 22nd of February we ha have met somewhere in TOAS City, a place that she called “my place” in her article but to me it sure looked like a prison. I live in Lukomaenkatu, and I did not believe there can be such a great difference between TOAS apartments but here we are, in the middle of what I call prison, surrounded by students. I had on me a few papers from some vitamins from Romania and I just thought I would be a great idea to have some reading tests.
So I will start with my part. Even though that was not my first time reading in Spanish, that text was some old stuff and even so I am confident I have impressed her with my reading skills. Anyhow she couldn’t stop laughing while I was doing it- I guess I am a funny guy.
What was very curious was the fact she performed with her part. I had given her some fast tips about pronunciation and 5 minutes later she is reading a prospect of Vitamin C like she has been doing this the whole day. But do you think that was the good part? 1 minute later she just translates like 80% of the text. Now I was speechless… How can you simply translate 80% from a scientific text in a foreign language? My whole life I thought that Romanians are the one learning fast Spanish but I guess I just depends on the person…
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