On page 104 of the book 'Technical Communication in the 21st Century' you can find IBM's National Language Support Reference, however IBM is not only a good source for identifying a country's official language but also IBM provides lots of resources for business and globalization.
Looks a lot like the PSA. Workplace problems will arise int the workplace and when the do the proper actions and documentations has to be taken as it says in step 8. This is a fun comparison and something to think about.
Hi Norma, This is the website for me! You are correct that workplace problems will arise as long as humans work. It is not always easy knowing what the proper way is to resolve problems. If we handle them incorrectly, they lead to even bigger problems yikes. So I read through this entire website and I learned a lot from it. I will be using this a lot with regards to my work (and the not-so-nice-politics that goes on in it, unfortunately). Thanks for sharing this valuable resource. ---Valerie Cooper
Hey Norma, I just checked out your link and I got to say it is a very good link. It is very informational and i also bookmarked this link. Thanks for sharing
Hi Rochelle, I'm glad you shared this website. What I love about it is that it is simple, clear, concise and has awesome visuals, awesome layout, diagrams, tables , that help teach us how to write to an international audience in an easy way. I bookmarked it in my diigo and will be using this for the years to come. It is also an excellent example of technical communication. Good find! Thanks! ---Valerie Cooper
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Successful multicultural communication is more than just translating existing material from English. Rather, it must embrace the social nuance of separate markets.
Good multicultural communication has to include the following components:
As global markets continue to expand along national and cultural lines, successful organizations have little choice but to add some degree of multicultural marketing to their strategy if they expect their messaging to be effective
As more and more consumers move online, organizations should be taking a particularly close look at their Web initiatives.
This was the best link that I found related to transnational communication. It addresses the challenges of multicultural communication in expanding global markets, particularly with respect to the Internet. Organizations need to consider that their Internet marketing will be seen by a world-wide audience.
The EthicalDirectory website is an online directory that helps viewers reach companies or other contacts that do their business ethically. I couldn't help but wonder how the desided if a company was ethical that was when I can acros their ethics policy page.