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German call for English to be second official language amid labour shortage
Politician from governing FDP says skilled foreign workers are being put off by unwieldy bureaucratic German.
- labour shortage: thiếu nhân công
- put sb off: cản trở ai đó làm gì hoặc yêu thích thứ gì
English should become a second official language at administrative offices in Germany, one of the country’s governing parties has argued, saying unwieldy bureaucratic German is proving too much of a deterrent for much-needed skilled workers from abroad.
- unwieldy (adj): khó sử dụng, cồng kềnh
- bureaucratic (adj): liên quan đến nhiều quy tắc phức tạp
- deterrent (n): sự cản trở, sự ngăn cản
The three-party government of the chancellor, Olaf Scholz, in which the pro-business Free Democratic party (FDP) is a junior coalition partner, last autumn unveiled its own version of a “green card” – called Chancenkarte or “opportunity card” – designed to address a critical shortage of skilled labour.
- address (v): giải quyết
- critical shortage: sự thiếu hụt trầm trọng
As the German economy cranked back into gear after pandemic standstills last year, it recorded an annual average of 844,000 job vacancies in 2022, a record, with desperate shortages especially in the pharmaceutical, engineering and IT sectors.
- standstill (n): sự dừng lại, sự đứng lại
- desperate shortage: sự thiếu hụt trầm trọng
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