International Recruiting - The most popular site about Slovakia

Posted by Jim Stroud

July 31, 2006

If you ever get an assignment to recruit personnel in the Slovak Republic and prior to the assignment, you had no idea there was a Slovak Republic, then visit this website…

Here are a couple of examples of what you will find there:

“The only thing I know about Slovakia is what I learned first-hand from your foreign minister, who came to Texas.”

-Then governor George W. Bush replying to a Slovak journalist. Bush met the leader of Slovenia, not Slovakia. Source: Knight Ridder News Service, June 22, 1999.

And…

The full and official designation for Slovakia is the Slovak Republic and hence both terms refer to the same nation-state. For formal purposes use the official designation: the Slovak Republic.

e.g. When I traveled to Slovakia I visited the parliament of the Slovak Republic.

Slovak refers to an inhabitant or native of Slovakia. Slovaks is the plural.
e.g. I only met one Slovak but there are many more Slovaks who didn’t come.

Slovak also refers to the language of Slovakia.
e.g. Although I can understand some Slovak, I can’t speak it.

Slovak can also be used as an adjective.
e.g. We studied Slovak literature by reading Slovak books.

Slovakian is equivalent to Slovak. The term Slovakian is less common and not used in official environments. Certain references recognize the term but it should be avoided.
e.g. I am studying Slovakian history from a book called “Slovak History”

“Slovensko” is the Slovak equivalent of the term “Slovakia” and “Slovenska Republica” translates as “the Slovak Republic”.

Want more? Check out: Slovakia.org

Jim Stroud
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