Poland 7

Listen to Poland 7, a 50-year-old man from Gdańsk, Poland. Click or tap the triangle-shaped play button to hear the subject.

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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

AGE: 50

DATE OF BIRTH (DD/MM/YYYY): 25/12/1959

PLACE OF BIRTH: Gdańsk, Poland

GENDER: male

ETHNICITY: Polish/Caucasian

OCCUPATION: electrical engineer

EDUCATION: master’s degree

AREA(S) OF RESIDENCE OUTSIDE REPRESENTATIVE REGION FOR LONGER THAN SIX MONTHS:

The subject was born and raised in Poland. In his early twenties, he worked and lived in England for several months. For five years, he worked as an electrical engineer for Happaq Lloyd (Germany), and most of that time he used English and German to communicate.

OTHER INFLUENCES ON SPEECH:

The subject started learning English in high school.

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RECORDED BY: Piotr Dobrowolski

DATE OF RECORDING (DD/MM/YYYY): 04/08/2009

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ORTHOGRAPHIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH:

I’m working as a seafarer on the container vessels. My position on the vessel is electrician. Yyy checking condition, all my equipment. At, at eight after breakfast, yyy, is reported condition of cargo. I’m interesting in reefer containers, and any more function, which is reported should be, should be saved by myself. What is the ryee eee routine job, daily, daily routine job? First, all generator plants. The power generator plants, condition of generators. We have one sub-generator and four diesel-generators on the vessel. How is looking condition, what is the power consumption, what is the power load and etcetera, etcetera? Next point is, yy, checking all electronic devices, like, eee, any navigators components, some of the computers. OK, so, normal working day is finished around seventeen thirty. Just after this time, so we have evening meal, like dinner, and we have some time for, for our pleasure, for resting. Schedule of my work is looking very simple: two months on the vessel and two months at home. Just on Saturday I have planned to join to my vessel. This trip will be looking like voyage to, to far Asia and coming back to Europe.

TRANSCRIBED BY: Piotr Dobrowolski

DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): 04/08/2009

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