在我們的事件中,我們能夠有機逢同往自其他文明國傢的外國人打交道. 不筦是做买卖、協商，还是僅僅获得疑息，我們皆須要使那些我們從已与之打過交讲的人弄明確我們的意義。正如噹我們同本國同胞打交講時须要明确他們的特点一樣，我們也需要領會外国交往對象的文化後台、貿易風雅和扳談作風。
Here, then, are some tips to assist you in your intercultural communications.
這裏有一些倡議能輔助你在國際交往中勝利。
1. Be Clear And Simple.簡潔清楚。
Whether communicating orally or in writting, avoid long, complex sentences, highly technical language, jargon, and colloquialisms. Don't be condescending, but do use simpler words when they are available.
不筦用心頭或書裏情勢來往，要避免長句跟復開句、下新的技能詞語、行話战俚語。不要隱得伸尊俯便，但要儘能够用简要的詞語。
2. Don't Assume That Someone You Hear Speaking English Will Understand You.不要認為講英語的人皆能聽懂你的話。
If you talk too fast, slur your words or have an accent, ever a foreigner who seems to speak perfect English will have a hard time following you. An added problem is that many English-speaking foreigners are too polite to let you know they haven't understood.
如果你發行太快，吞音或有古道热肠音，即使講一口流暢英語的中國人也很逆耳懂你的話。再者，題目是许多計英語的本國人很有禮貌，他們不會告诉你他們不聽懂你的話。
3. Learn The business Customs And Terminology Of Those You Will Be Communicating With.理解你交往东西的貿易風俗和朮語。
For exaple, we use the metric system of measurement, the US uses a different system of measurement. And many coutries use the day/month/year/ system for dating as opposed to the US system of month/day/year. A meeting arranged in one of these countries on 7.5.89 is scheduled for May, not July.
例如：偺們應用公制計量法而美國卻应用一種不合的計量法。还有，良多國度寫日期的依次是日、月、年，而美國的顺序却是月、日、年。若是在前者某一國度開會，散會時光定為“7。5。89”，那是指在5月開會，而不是在7月。
4.Use Written Messsages Whenever Possible. 儘量用書里情勢交往。
You read English more easily than you understand spoken English. If you communicate by phone, follow up with a confirmation in writting to guard against miscommunication.
瀏覽英語比聽懂英語要輕易。如果你打德律風结束交往，打完後要寫下一份書面实錄，以免歪曲。
5.Don't Be In A Hurry To Get To The Point.不要匆倉促做出斷定。
Europeans, Africans, and Arabs in particular, are put off by the straight-to-the -point style of North American business communication. They prefer a more round-about approach
.歐洲人、非洲人，特別是阿推伯人，對北美洲商人在来往中的直率風格覺得不快。他們愛比如儗波折的酬酢办法。
6. Don't Ask Questions That Require A Yes Or No Answer. 不要提那些謎底是“是”或“不是”的問題。
Whereas North Americans tend to say yes when they mean yes and no when they mean no, that's simple not the case in most other cultures. In Asian countries, for example, it is considered impolite to say no, so Asians may answer affirmatively if only to mean "yes, I heard you." Europeans, on the other hand, may initially react negtively to any question, but they actually mean "maybe" or "it depends." In many countries, the answer you get is what the person thinks you want to hear.
北美洲人心裏唸說“是”便說“是”，旧道熱腸裏想說“不是”就說“不是”，而在其余良多國傢，環境就基础不是如許。例如：在亞洲國傢，說“不”被以為是不禮貌的，因此亞洲人的確定答復可能只是說“是的，我聽到你說的了。”别的一圓面，歐洲人對任何成勣開端都可能做出可認的反应，但是，現實上他們的意思是 “可能（或）”或“看景象再道（視情况再定）”。在许多國度，你所得上馬看花答复是同你交往的人認為你想聽到的話。
7. Earn About The Country's Body Language.懂得本國的身体行動說話。
Gestures have various meanings in different places. In Yugoslavia turning the head from side to side means yes; in Japan, looking someone in the eye is considered judgmental or hostile; and in Ghana, thumbs up is a rude gestures. To avoid giving offense, keep your hands quiet.
在不是處所姿態有著差別的意义。在北斯拉婦，點頭意味著“是”；在日本，重視某人的眼睛被認為是責備或有敵意；在減納，翹大年夜姆指是粗鲁腳勢。為了不獲咎別人，單脚最好是別治動。
8. control Your Style Of Expression.表達體例要制止。
The North American style of expressing emotions is considered impulsive and wild by Asians but restrained and cold by Latin Americans. You need to be aware of how your habits of emotional expression will affect peoplei n a particular culture.
亞洲人以為，北好洲人剖明情緒的方式是激動戰狂熱的，而推丁好洲人卻以為他們是克制的跟沉著的。您必须明白你抒發情感的習慣正正在某一特定文化佈景下會對人們發死何種影響。
9. Don't Interrupt Periods Of Silence.不要在緘默時插話。
Many foreigners are offended by the North American penchant for jumping in to fill any gaps in a conversation. Speakers in many cultures enjoy periods of silence and use them to gather their thoughts. Be patient. Allow the person to formulate what he or she wants to say, and try not to be "helpful" by putting words into the other person's mouth.
北美洲人愛在攀談間隙中插話許多中國人對此感應不下興。許多國傢的人爱好在說話旁邊有緘默的缝隙，以便進止思慮。此時，要耐煩。讓人傢琢磨好自己念要說的話，降要試圖插話”讚助“人傢把話講出來。
