The Colorado Rockies are in the World Series. It’s a time of joy for Rockies’ fans and all of Colorado. While we all can and should enjoy the celebration of our local heroes, think about how other cultures and countries might perceive our enthusiasm. Such knowledge is useful to the international negotiator, as it will [...]

Many languages have a masculine and a feminine form. The feminine form is usually more indirect

When marketing a product or service internationally, a host of marketing issues come to mind. These issues are separate from staff, legal, technology, and product issues Let’s look at the categories of marketing issues a firm may encounter when marketing and selling abroad. Market Research: Understanding Buyers/Competitors/Market Forces Is the market organized, can you find [...]

With more and more international deals being conducted in English, the need for professional interpreters seems to be less relevant. Nothing could be further from the truth. We are seeing more inexperienced people being thrown into negotiations than ever before. And even if our foreign will speak English with us, having an interpreter present can [...]

Top 10 mistakes made in offshore manufacturing With international offshoring numbers impossible to count, we know only that the trend of offshore production is increasing, with no end in sight. Though thousands of companies begin an offshoring program every year, it’s astonishing to hear some of the horror stories and the large amount of dissatisfaction. [...]

learn enough of the local language to apologise for NOT speaking it

In the USA “yes” means “I agree with you.” However, in Asia, “yes” may mean “I’ve heard you.”

” Just because your engineer is Chinese doesn’t mean he should negotiate deals in China for you” This is this week’s one liner, posted by our Road Scholar. Technorati Tags: today’s tip, one liner, international tip, international advice, business tip, business tips, business quotes, translating, translation