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Poll: In which language do you usually communicate with your clients?
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Erzsébet Czopyk
Erzsébet Czopyk  Identity Verified
Hungary
Local time: 02:40
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
 
Luiz Barucke
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Brazil
Local time: 21:40
Spanish to Portuguese
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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.
 
Łukasz Gos-Furmankiewicz
Łukasz Gos-Furmankiewicz  Identity Verified
Poland
Local time: 02:40
English to Polish
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Polish Mar 22, 2015

Polish. Sometimes English.
 
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