Tom Spender

Freelance journalist in London

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French entrepreneurs in SE Asia

April 17th, 2012 · No Comments · Rest of Asia

The English word entrepreneur is derived from French and there are plenty of French people out and about starting up companies – including in Asia, as it turns out. Last autumn I translated “On Asia’s new frontier, 40 French entrepreneurs in the East,” a book by Anne Garrigue, a French journalist based in Singapore.

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So dari dulu – traditional Manado song

March 6th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Rest of Asia, Uncategorized

Translation and audio recording of “So dari dulu” (“So long ago”), a traditional song from Manado in Indonesia’s North Sulawesi province. Recorded in STIBA Manado, sung by me and a STIBA class.

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Guest blog at English Trackers

November 25th, 2010 · 2 Comments · China, Uncategorized

Guest post on writing simple English at the English Trackers blog.

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