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Poll: In which language do you usually communicate with your clients?
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Erzsébet Czopyk Hungary Local time: 15:47 Member (2006) Russian to Hungarian + ...
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it depends
Mar 18, 2015
Strange poll... if the clients is Hungarian, of course, in Hungarian. If Russian, of course, In Russian. To Latvian clients I am trying to answer in Latvian, however, as it requires an another PC if I am very busy or in hurry I can just type the Latvian text without its garumziimes like now. The introduction of the office translated into 14 languages. Each time I try to tell/speak/write at least few words on the client's language. Sometimes it is funny bt the ... See more
Strange poll... if the clients is Hungarian, of course, in Hungarian. If Russian, of course, In Russian. To Latvian clients I am trying to answer in Latvian, however, as it requires an another PC if I am very busy or in hurry I can just type the Latvian text without its garumziimes like now. The introduction of the office translated into 14 languages. Each time I try to tell/speak/write at least few words on the client's language. Sometimes it is funny bt the clients love it. I have an old client from Italy whom I really appreciate so for the sake of communication I gained some Italian. He is talking to me in Italian and inserts some English and Hungarian words he knows and I reciprocate the favor. He was surprised when received the first e-mail, beginning with "Distinto Signor M**, mi rivolgo a Lei in riferimento alla Sua offerta" - and he accepted the offer ▲ Collapse
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Luiz Barucke Brazil Local time: 11:47 Spanish to Portuguese + ...
Almost always in English
Mar 19, 2015
My mails with clients are usually in English, even when projects have Spanish as source language.
Sometimes, with Spanish/Argentine clients, in Spanish.
But never in Portuguese, my target language, once I don't have clients in Brazil.
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