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#TheFutureIsYours Transversal and cross-cutting issues
Simplify, improve efficiency, cut expenses: pick English as solely used official language. Cut out translation and interpretation services. High time to pick one mandatory language for institutionalized usage.
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How can you cut translation costs when you'd have to spend billions on teaching everyone else to speak English? It's counterproductive, not to mention the cultural cost. You native English speakers mind your own language!
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Incorrect. You learn a language (so 'pay') once. You understand for the rest of your life- it only gets better by use, not worse. If anything, learning languages must be considered a good investment. Translations cost per piece. If you are dependent on translations you need to trust the translator- without being able to verify from the original and we all know how subtle language can be. And that's before the time delay. Also, once you speak another language, you can use it for what you like- work, travel, hobbies, friends. Speaking with someone through a translator is just not the same :-(
Mhmm. For some reason one can't edit posts. I just wanted to add- English is NOT my native language. I've now started working in my third foreign language- always a major pain to start- but I will never stop being amazed how language and thinking interact. At the same time, I'm SO grateful for having a 'work horse' that allows to connect with people all over the place (no chance of learning all those languages), we're helping cancer patients that way and while it's not perfect, it works.
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