International Financial Presentations Defined By Interpreter Organizations
Knowing more about the mechanisms of foreign trade is a requirement that must be met when applying for a job in a foreign organization, but other requirements must also be met. An example of this can be a Peace Corps volunteer who has spent several years in Germany has gained valuable insights into important aspects of German culture. The first months of his training were very difficult for his as his survival abilities were insufficient in the new culture. To make matters worse his German was so poor that he had to rely on a student and a friend of his in order to communicate with the world around him. Now he is by the end of his stay and he can boast that he has gained a more profound understanding of the business practices in Germany, which is partly due to his ability to give preference to the team, not to himself only. However this in-depth analysis of the German business laws has proved insufficient as he will now have to take into account both the business etiquette and current economic situation there. Furthermore, he will have to make a connection between the aims of the organization and the cultural icons by summing up the various economic strategies used in this part of the world. He also has to understand how the organizational structure of an organization influences the development of business strategies, the flow of information, and the process of making decisions. In short, he will have to link all the pieces in order to come to terms with international economic interaction.
The communication flow must not be interrupted under any circumstances and this is a fact that must be well known to the actors in a play, whose cast is made up predominantly of people of diverse nationalities. It will be a mistake to limit the discussion on culture to strictly linguistic and communication issues. This may result in the gathering information on some concepts that are characteristic only of the specific context, but inapplicable to the economic environment of the given nation. The application of the spaghetti method to understanding the French traditions may not have anything to do with the talks on launching a new product in this part of the EU. But knowledge of the language is of crucial importance, so a business person who is ignorant of the French language must hire an company to help him/her get along. So, expertise in the French mafia will not make the negotiations with an French partner easier unless he/she is particularly interested in it.
Participants in the business communication process must consider the following factors: country specific culture, company concrete culture and the general organization culture of the given entity. Moreover, they should know a lot about personal interaction preferences. This is because they have contacts with real people not with the companies they represent. The fact that we place an emphasis on the person not the team keeps us from categorize Arab business people. If an professional is not used here, we risk falling into the trap of making wrong assumption about the Arab people. Forming certain categories becomes useless as it can be concluded that if we are to be successful in communicating on a global level, we must be more persuasive than in the past. To concentrate only on the individual and approach every intercultural communication situation from ground zero would be exhausting and yield to little effect.
