MTU Aero Engines: ready-made nest for successors

Disruptive trade behaviour has its limits. MTU feels quite confident that Americans.(and Chinese) would have major difficulties to replace the European manufacturer of sophisticated turbines for the aviation industry.Read more ...

The Fate of PERUN

Inefficiency and lack of implementation of Croatia's Science and Technology administration puts at risk generous EU and World Bank funding. The gap between governmental promises and the development of the country’s space economy is but one example, while the privately funded PERUN satellite takes shape and Baltic states, Czechia, Poland, or Slovenia started long ago supported by their governments. How public administration discourages private intitiatves in Croatia's new space ecosystem.Read more ...

Communicating across different worlds

Bridging Cultures: Communicative Experiences along Chinese, English, and German

“Pardon?” A Chinese would rather politely say 不好意思 or «I am sorry, I did not listen exactly”. Instead of an impolite 啥？(What) one would reply in a neutral way 能再说一遍吗 or «Could you repeat that».You might be surprised how differently Chinese speakers handle difficulties of understanding each other. All the more so in case of thanking, apologising, declining something, criticising, shaking hands or exchanging business cards. Haiwen Dong, a linguistics graduate describes his experiences in Chinese, English, or German interaction, and offers some practical suggestions for being polite and courteous in spoken, nonverbal, and written communication.Read more ...

On Understanding and Being Understood in Multilingual Work Settings

So, in the workplace everybody communicates in English, right? You might be surprised what can go wrong even mastering three languages. Marco Arana recounts from his own personal experience shifting from academia to the blue collar world having to communicate in Spanish, German and, of course English.Read more ...

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