The chief translator in the European Parliament is fluent in 32 languages

People who know two or three foreign languages, causing all unreserved respect and quiet envy - all, but not Ioannis Economou, the chief interpreter of the European Parliament. The official languages ​​of the EU are considered to be 23 languages, but in the arsenal of 48-year-old Ioannis there are many more - 32 pieces.





The European Parliament Oikonomou working more than 15 years, and deals not only with simultaneous translation, but the translation of complex legal texts. Polyglot is native to the Greek language, but in the six years he began to study English, then German (possessed him to seven years), Italian (he was "taken" in ten), Russian and others. Each new language was given a simpler past, and as a result Ioannis mastered 32 languages, including rare and dead - Latin, Sanskrit, the Irish, the ancient Persian, while the translator emphasizes that it is not going to stop there: the plans had to learn more and Ethiopian .

Asked by journalists what his secret, Ioannis says his technique is not merely memorizing words and grammar, and in the study of the culture and traditions of the country: for example, he said, it is impossible to speak Greek, do not fall in love with Cypriot beaches and drinking tart wine.

via factroom.ru