Choose your protagonist
Same role, same challenges — pick the character you'll play as. You can switch any time.
You are
Marco Rinaldi· 28
Junior product analyst from Milan
he/him/his
new hirefunny in Italiancareful in English
You grew up in Milan, in a family where Sunday lunch is a four-hour negotiation in overlapping voices. In Italian you are the funny one — you read the table, land the joke, pick the wine.
None of that has crossed the ocean with you yet. In English you rehearse sentences before you say them, and laugh half a second late because you are still translating.
What you'll learn on this path
- 1order naturally, without rehearsing under your breath
- 2customize and send things back without apologizing twice
- 3handle the dropped reservation without your voice tightening
- 4join the joke — on purpose, on time
- 5host the client dinner instead of bracing through it
Sixty missions, from your first coffee to hosting a client dinner.
They are
- coworkers who order without thinking and joke faster than you can translate
- waiters with no time to spare and questions you did not rehearse
- clients who expect the host to carry the room
Your identity arc — A1 to C2
A1 – A2Survival & participation
The nervous new hire
orderingasking for what you needstaying in the conversation
B1 – B2Confidence & social fluency
A coworker they actually know
customizing ordershandling the small disastersjoining the joke
C1 – C2Leadership & persuasion
The one hosting the room
hosting clientsleading the dinnerhumour, nuance, timing