Posted on: April 21st, 2008
Filed Under: [ Business ] [ Top Stories ] [ Language Issues ] [ Blogante Business ]
Tags: population, united nations
Hola, America, we’re going global, pronto.
By the watercooler, in the boardroom, around the cafeteria, a new multilingualism is burgeoning, sparked by a swelling immigrant population and our deepening ties to the world economy. Nearly 20 percent of Americans over age 5 speak a language other than English at home, up from 14 percent in 1990. That means say “hola” - hello - to a rising linguistic diversity that is spilling into the workplace “pronto” - or right now.
Yet when workplaces begin to sound like mini-United Nations, much can get lost in the translation. Co-workers can feel excluded when others chat in a different language. Managers must balance a bottom-line need for workers to speak English to get the job done with a growing demand for language skills. And workers with scant English struggle at home and work to cope with routine tasks, from attending a school meeting to reading a medical bill. The result: a cacophony of work-life needs and wants.”*
*From: http://www.boston.com
Traducido: usando Google o Altavista/Babel Fish
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