#Person1#: Hello and welcome to our program, Working Abroad. Our guest this evening is a Londoner, who lives and works in Italy. Her name's Susan Hill. Susan, welcome to the program. You live in Florence. How long have you been living there?
#Person2#: since nineteen eighty two, but when I went there in nineteen eighty two, I plan to stay for only 6 months.
#Person1#: Why did you change your mind?
#Person2#: Well, soon after I arrived in Florence, I got a job with one of Italy's Top companies, Ferragamo, so I decided to stay.
#Person1#: Oh, lucky. Do you still work for Ferragamo now?
#Person2#: No, I left there in nineteen eighty eight. I've been a free designer since then. I've designed for some Italian companies as well as to American companies and in the last 5 years I've also been designing for the British company Burberry.
#Person1#: What have you been designing for them?
#Person2#: Mostly handbags and sometimes shoes and leather jackets.
#Person1#: How's your industry changed since nineteen eighty two?
#Person2#: It's become a lot more competitive because the quality of products from other countries has improved a lot, but Italian quality and design is still world famous.
#Person1#: Well, thank you for talking to us, Susan.
#Person1# interviews Susan Hill, a Londoner who lives and works in Italy, on #Person1#'s program, Working Abroad. Susan went to Italy in 1982 and got a job there. She now works as a designer. She thinks her industry has become more competitive since 1982.
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