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A language for world peace
Christian Harder and his Italian wife Daniela are professional translators and interpreters who share an office in their apartment in the heart of Trieste, Italy. In their home, they use three languages—English, German, and Italian—depending upon which is most appropriate to the circumstances.
Mr. Harder was born in Texas in the United States, but has lived in four other countries—the Philippines, Austria, Hungary, and Italy. He studied linguistics and international relations before becoming established in Europe as a private language teacher and translator. In addition to the languages already mentioned, he is fluent in Hungarian, and is "comfortable" in four others—Dutch, Afrikaans (South Africa), French, and Swedish. He taught himself to speak all of these languages except English and German, which he calls his "native languages."
We recently spoke with Mr. Harder about his career, and about the insights he has gained from his association with people from many different countries.
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July 29, 1996 issue
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Are you racially prejudiced?
Beverly Goldsmith
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What are "they" really like?
Paul Douglas White
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God's man: neither predator nor prey
Ute Keller
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"I'm sorry!"
Ann B. Jenkins
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Dear Sentinel
with contributions from Betty Muñoz, Guy Daniel Hayward
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When a crisis threatens ...
Rita Trapanese Vaglini
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Patience
Melissa Carr Kupfer
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Love that wipes out hate
Joy L. Nack
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A language for world peace
by Kim Shippey
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Anger? Healing? Which will you choose?
Barbara M. Vining
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In the mid-1980s, while attempting to renew my Australian...
Abigail Mathieson Trout
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I am grateful for many examples of God's care and guidance...
Fay Kallos Fahs