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7 February 2012 at 16 : 43 PM
Poll results: English in Brazil IT
The IT Decisions LinkedIn group recently asked readers a question related to the use of English in the IT industry in Brazil: How important are English skills to IT professionals in Brazil? We checked the group today to see the results and they are quite conclusive. 76 per cent of respondents said that a knowledge of English is now essential ...
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31 January 2012 at 10 : 12 AM
Is English essential for IT professionals?
The use of English is a topic we have returned to often at IT Decisions. Brazil doesn't use English as a first language, but the international IT industry does - even programming languages use keywords in English - so how essential is it for IT professionals to be at least competent when working in English? When we published our research into the issues ...
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30 December 2011 at 14 : 24 PM
A foreigner’s Portuguese language journey
I arrived in Brazil earlier this year and knew that I would need to use Portuguese to survive here, but my attempts to learn the language while I was still living in London were beset with problems. ...
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3 November 2011 at 05 : 45 AM
State of Brazil IT: What does Brazil IT need?
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 section summarises the past few articles and issues a call to action for everyone in the IT industry in Brazil today... Click here for the complete State of ...
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1 November 2011 at 19 : 42 PM
State of Brazil IT: English for tech professionals
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 skills - English in particular - of Brazilian technology professionals. English is not ...
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12 October 2011 at 15 : 06 PM
Brazil IT needs more foreigners
I have been browsing the discussion boards on LinkedIn recently, looking at what people in the Brazilian IT industry are saying they think is needed to improve things here. One online proposal caught my eye earlier today - invite more European IT professionals to come and work in Brazil. ...
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11 October 2011 at 15 : 43 PM
Translating IT content is no easy task
Kleber Pedroso is an experienced English translator and language coach for Brazilian IT professionals. In his latest guest post for IT Decisions, he comments on the difficulties involved in translating IT-related content into Brazilian Portuguese. ...
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20 September 2011 at 13 : 10 PM
English training for techies is in the cloud
IT Decisions has commented in the past on the difficulties faced by IT professionals in Brazil who want to learn, or improve, their English language skills - though given the growth of the IT industry in Brazil some might argue that the rest of the world needs to learn Portuguese. ...
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11 August 2011 at 19 : 24 PM
It’s time to reconsider Brazil for contact centers
The contact center industry in Brazil has become increasingly introspective over the past few years. The Brazilian economy continues to grow, unlike the malaise of the EU and US, and that means customer service centers are in demand. Global players like Teleperformance and Accenture are all here in Brazil, but only serving local customers and their end ...
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20 June 2011 at 18 : 01 PM
Start the Week #16: Sul America, cyber defense
It's Monday again. But at least the sun is still shining over São Paulo, even in mid-winter it's just right for wearing a T-shirt and working in the park. Something unimaginable in a European winter. This week was busy. We covered the new cyber defense agency, and featured further comment on the story. ...
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