Vocabulary 2020-08-28

reface app
(deep fake, replace faces in videos with your own picture)

A Mother Robot
manipulate the DNA
inject a bacteria

reproduce
lay eggs
multiply
hard to see the future outcome
the affect it has on other things

pupate (verpuppen)

plant
factory

midge
mosquito

bacteria

antibody

a virus can mutate
a mutated virus is not recognized by the antibodies

anti

diversity
„nature finds its ways“

chaos theory
butterfly effect

worst way

manipulate the life cycle

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5 Main Skills
⋅ language skills
⋅ professional communication excellence
⋅ intercultural competence
⋅ soft skills
⋅ international leadership capability

have the right words handy
vocabulary
right words over quantity
effectively
it can lead to a misunderstanding

it is dangerous
it is a great danger

kiss – keep it short and simple

colleague (Kollege)
comrade (Genosse, Kamerad)
acquaintance (Bekannter)

short and easy sentences
therefore I stay silent

it is better to make mistakes than not to speak at all

if you don’t ask, you already have a „No“

gap between:
languages
cultures
emotions
technology
methods

adopt to them

point out the differences in your cultures
in the kick off meeting
set rules how to communicate

talk around
come to the point
beat around the bush (drumherum reden)

there is no bad in being different

to document in English
write an English documentation

capital vs Kapitel
chapter

sort instead of order („ordnen“)