From the course: Project Management: International Projects
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From the course: Project Management: International Projects
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- We were on a teleconference with our team from Mexico, and the American project manager told our colleagues, "Guys, the results "of your actions are very poor." He paused and added, "I'm just pulling your leg." There was a silence on the other end, and no laughter, but one can sense they were upset. No one from the Mexican team understood that pulling your leg really meant, I'm kidding. Don't take me seriously. Funny as this may sound, translations can create big problems. So keep the following recommendations in mind to reduce costly misunderstandings. Use machine translations carefully and don't depend exclusively on them. I must say that web-based translations are getting better and better. Nonetheless, there are too many technical terms and different contexts that rely on human translations. Therefore, if you translate an email through software, take an additional step and confirm the meaning with the native speaker or with whoever originated the message. Next, since context has…
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