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<H1>[Mageia-discuss] Cultural difference: indirect request <---> direct request</H1>
<B>Goh Lip</B>
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<I>Sun Jul 15 04:47:13 CEST 2012</I>
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<PRE>On 07/15/2012 10:41 AM, Wolfgang Bornath wrote:
><i> 2012/7/15 Goh Lip<<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">lipg at gmx.com</A>>:
</I>>><i>
</I>>><i> Clever preacher. I too was wondering why when diplomats (who speak good
</I>>><i> English) talk to other diplomats from English-speaking countries, they need
</I>>><i> to speak in their native language and use interpreters; I used to think they
</I>>><i> wanted the extra time (while interpreters do their jobs) to carefully 'word
</I>>><i> out' their responses or/and speak their native language just to demonstrate
</I>>><i> their nations' sovereignty; neither of these reasons seems justifiable.
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</I>><i> A professional interpreter I know who often works in this field of
</I>><i> high level political talks (for the German government) explained it to
</I>><i> me: it is for both reasons, first giving the politcian the security of
</I>><i> having a professional translation (in case he overheard something),
</I>><i> second to have time to contemplate what the other one is really saying
</I>><i> between the lines and finding the right answer. But he also told me
</I>><i> that the important conversations are often held in private, without
</I>><i> any secretary or interpreter. :)
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Good information, now I have better understanding.
Cheers - Goh Lip
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Wisdom is not communicable. The wisdom which a wise man tries to
communicate always sounds foolish... Knowledge can be communicated, but
not wisdom.
~ Hermann Hesse
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