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Problems with Communication in Other Language
Hans Havelaar, Switzerland, Member
Hi there, I'm in a team of 4 with one manager. 3 out of the 4 members plus the manager are French speaking guys. I am the only one non-French speaking, so I use only English. My team members always talk in French, which makes me feel isolated. We communicate in English in 2 situations: during meetings or when they interact with me (low verbal interaction). Also they send me emails in English.
The company official languages are English and French.
Now my questions: did anyone face a similar issue? Any tips on how I can deal with this?...
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Language Problems in Communications
Johan Bergstroem, HR Consultant, Sweden, Member It sounds far from an ideal situation. We recently had a Polish man here (in Sweden) that spoke slightly below average Swedish. It's far from same sit...
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Language Barriers: my Experience and Opinion
marco alfieri, Italy, Member During my 40 years of professional life, I always worked in teams composed of people of various nationalities. I am convinced that the imprint is give...
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The Language Barrier - my Experiences
Bergen, Manager, Netherlands, Member Hi All, I work in a Taiwanese company. We use English as our main language, which works. But my colleagues mostly speak Chinese, which make me feel is...
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The Language Barrier - my Experiences
Adri Albertyn, Manager, South Africa, Member I work in a multi-lingual environment and usually observe body language and tone in interactions if I don't understand the language used. In many gene...
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Multi-cultural Language Barriers
Brita Singh, Professor, India, Member I think that it is very important that you try to communicate with your colleagues in French!
They will certainly respect the fact that yo...
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Barriers in Communication
shahid imran, Student (University), Pakistan, Member @Hans Havelaar: it is a common barrier in an effective communication. The only solution is to learn French language. I will hardly take 6 months to be...
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Language Barrier in a Team
Abraham Lagarde, Student (MBA), Philippines, Member @ Hans.....I'm not sure what your situation is in your company when you said "... The newcomers were always French nationals, things got worse." But a...
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Opportunity to Learn a Second Language
Tettevi, Student (University), Ghana, Member You can also view this as an opportunity to learn another language for a future task or challenge. Who knows, one day you will be asked to head the sa...
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Professional Recommendation :)
pinar Basaran, Turkey, Member My recommendation is not so professionally but I guess it might work. Try to look like a cool guy who doesn't need them and watch them how they are tr...
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Communication in Other Languages
ADEOYE BABATUNDE, Career Consultant, Nigeria, Member Hmm this is so serious and also such a challenge.
I work with a telecommunication company as a front desk customer care representative. I remembe...
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Communication with a Difference
Jozelle Steenkamp, Director, South Africa, Member I have been in teaching and training for most of my adult life and being in a country with 11 official languages, I have learnt three phrases (in 6 si...
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