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    {
      "@type": "Language",
      "name": "Spanish",
      "alternateName": "Spanisch"
    },
    {
      "@type": "Language",
      "name": "Polish",
      "alternateName": "Polnisch"
    }
  ],
  "award": [
    "Pallas Athene Medal for final exam and best of term (1998)",
    "Best of term for the education to a Car Mechanic (1995)"
  ]
}