incomprehensible and puzzling at the best‚ and ridiculous and misleading at the worst. As a very important part of Chinese culture‚ Chinese cuisine is imbued with cultural implications which‚ when ill-rendered‚ can baffle foreign diners. Thus menu translation is by no means a simple and easy thing‚ but is‚ and should be‚ a way of cross-cultural communication. Based on the study and analysis of domestication and foreignization from the perspective of culture‚ the writer draws a conclusion that foreignization
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Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions difference between China and Netherlands According to the Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions‚ we can get the difference from this table. The red figure is Chinese and blue one is Netherlands. First is PDI‚ PDI means Power distance is defined as the extent to which the less powerful members of institutions and organizations within a country expect and accept that power is distributed unequally. China got 80 and it means in China‚ everyone can accept the different level
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Cross-cultural business Australia Business Etiquette & Culture Australia Introduction Australia has a population of almost 20 million people in a country not much smaller than the contiguous 48 United States. However‚ the great majority of the population is located in a few major urban centers. The large majority of the population (93%) has a European heritage‚ primarily English. The predominant language of the country is English with Christianity the largest religion (75%). The Aborigines
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and Geert Hofstede have given us the cultural theories which explain and contrast the differences between two main distinguishable cultures‚ high and low context cultures‚ as a whole. However‚ as an individual‚ I cannot entirely rank myself in an absolute sense of any particular cultural context yet. Therefore‚ a closer and careful look into each criteria separately is needed in order to analyse my personalities and to clarify my high and low context cultural factors. Firstly‚ I would like to have
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Cultural approach in corporate cultures: main problems There are some problems that appear when American expantriates come to Japan or Japanese firms enter American market - most of them nothing else but cultural approaches that make differences in how these two nations understand see corporate culture and business in general: Employment system. Comparing to the U.S. labor market‚ the Japanese market is very different because of the lifetime employment system in Japan. As a result‚ Americans and
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ARECLS‚ 2008‚ Vol.5‚ 105-135. THE INFLUENCE OF CHINESE CORE CULTURAL VALUES ON THE COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOUR OF OVERSEAS CHINESE STUDENTS LEARNING ENGLISH ABDUSALAM ABUBAKER Abstract This study is based on three dimensions of Hofstede’s framework‚ which are power distance‚ masculinity versus femininity‚ and uncertainty avoidance. Hofstede (1980) considers the Chinese culture to be characterized by high power distance‚ medium masculinity and weak uncertainty avoidance. For this reason
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For any international organization‚ it is of enormous significance to understand cultural differences and make good use of them in the global context. National culture may be thought of as the values‚ beliefs‚ perceptual orientations‚ and norms typical of the members of a particular society (Trompenaars‚ 1997). Management techniques inconsistent with national culture can lead to conflict between multinational corporations (MNCs) and its employees and‚ perhaps the broader society. Comparative studies
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Putting cultural theory into practice. Since the world entered the new century globalization of all aspects of people’s lives has increased. More and more companies have been transformed into MNEs. According to Rugman and Collinson (2009) the number of employees working across borders nearly tripled over the last 20 years‚ exposing managers to various socio-cultural and ethical issues. Geert Hofstede argues that “culture is more often a source of conflict than of synergy. Cultural differences
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How have you changed your views on methods for resolving conflict issues between nations with different cultural traditions? (20 points) There are many different cultural traditions around the world and many have their own styles‚ values‚ conventions‚ and social practices. The videos that the class has watched has been very informative and has explained quite a lot about other cultures and their traditions. The views that I have had over the years about resolving conflictual issues as it relates
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TDA31-1.3 Explain how different social‚ professional and cultural contexts may affect relationships and the way people communicate. When communicating with others we need to consider the context within which we are working. We would need to adapt the way we communicate for different situations‚ most people do this automatically. Your school should have a range of planned communication for dealing with other professionals; there would be informal communications‚ meetings and discussions. Talking
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