In a thought provoking talk Ellen discusses the power of language to bring people together and encourages everyone to learn a new language to broaden their horizons. Ellen de Visser is a polyglot and entrepreneur, originally from the Netherlands. She has lived in 6 countries and speaks 6 languages. Her passion for languages began when she was young and went on holiday to Germany and tried to build a bridge between her and local children by learning German through magazines and television. Ellen has since travelled the world as a freelance translator and now has her own translation company. She shares her knowledge on language learning, entrepreneurship and living abroad at events across Europe and organises a conference in Berlin for people who want to teach languages online This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx