8 May

Is everyone on the same page?

Posted in staying on track

Do you ever need to discuss texts with a colleague? If you’re sitting together in the same room it’s relatively easy. You can go through the document together, pointing out on the screen or on paper where you have questions or suggestions. But what if  you need to ring a colleague to query parts of the translation of […]

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11 April

Disagreeing politely and constructively

Posted in staying on track

Recently I was talking to Mark, a friend of a friend from England, and we got onto one of my favourite topics: the  differences between the English and the Germans. 🙂 One thing he said was “Germans really like to argue, don’t they?” He went on to describe a meeting he’d attended where two German […]

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3 April

What it can sound like when the English disagree

Posted in understanding situations

You must be joking! Rubbish! Nonsense! Oh, come off it! After you’ve given an opinion, you may hear any one of those from an English friend or a colleague you know well. And, of course, the message is completely clear: your friend or colleague disagrees with you. Now imagine that you express your opinion or make […]

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