A growing number of global firms are using as English their main language – even if they are based in Japan or France.
越来越多的全球性公司把英语当作他们的主要语言,即使他们的总部在日本或法国。
Nearly every meeting Keiko Claassen must attend at work is held in English. No big deal – except that her company is based in Italy and she’s Dutch.
对凯蔻·克拉森而言,几乎每一次她必须参加的工作会议都是用英语进行的。这没什么大不了,只是她的公司总部在意大利,而她是一名荷兰人。
At an Lainate, Italy-based engineering company where Classen is executive director of communications, every senior staffer is expected to speak English and most communications are delivered in English.
克拉森在一家总部位于意大利雷纳特的工程公司担任通讯执行董事,在她的公司,每一位高级职员都被期望说英语,而且大多数通信都是用英语传达的。
While it’s not considered an official corporate language, with 4,500 employees working in several countries, including Japan, China, India and Germany, it’s the only language that everyone can generally speak in common – even if speaking doesn’t mean always fully understanding.
该公司有4500名员工在日本、中国、印度以及德国等几个国家工作,虽然它并没有把英语当作公司的官方语言,但英语却是唯一一种每个人通常都会讲的语言,即使这并不意味着谈话的内容总是能被完全理解。
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