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Say ‘no’ to culture shock: How to talk business anywhere

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Dec 2014

Posted By: jessicahoughton In: business culture training, Tags: business abroad, business conversation, business culture, business culture etiquette, communication, cultural etiquette, cultural stereotypes, etiquette 1 Comments

You’ve just arrived in Geneva and answer a routine phone call from a potential Swiss German client with ‘Good morning, how are you?’ only to be met with your first culture shock; an impatient and abrupt response of, ‘I don’t have time for chit chat; let’s talk business’. This could be taken as plain rudeness …

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Online translation software still has a long way to go

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Dec 2014

Posted By: jessicahoughton In: Uncategorized, Tags: human translation, instant online translation, interpreters, language translating tools, online translation software, real time translation, translators 1 Comments

The other day I read an entertaining article in the news concerning the new arrival of a Skype online translation software, currently only decoding language between Spanish and English. At first sight, stumbling upon the article was quite alarming; I started to worry, has the sci-fi dream finally arrived? Has technology finally superceded human expertise? …

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Polish interpreting: personal injury claim

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Dec 2014

Posted By: jessicahoughton In: Interpreting, Tags: personal injury, personal injury claim, personal injury law, personal injury law claimant, personal injury litigation, personal injury solicitors, polish, polish interpreting 0 Comments

Last week our English – Polish interpreter, Magda, met with a Polish client at a law firm in Manchester, to assist him make an enquiry about a personal injury claim. He had recently suffered an injury working as an electrician for a company, contracted to build a new supermarket. Unfortunately, his workday went terribly wrong. …

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