The host will start to eat first, if the host is sat near you they may also serve you, it is seen as good manners to serve people sat around you food and tea before you serve yourself, be sure to use the serving utensils, if not use the back end of you chopsticks. Sometimes [...]
Posts from ‘August, 2008’
Chinese Etiquette When Visiting Someone's House in China
Most of us know that there is a lot of emphasis around dining in china and almost a strict ritual surrounding it, so when entertaining guests for business or pleasure the Chinese prefer to eat in public. As a lot of business deals are closed around the dining table you obviously what to make a [...]
Handling Chopsticks & Chopstick Etiquette in China
When using chopsticks it is ok to rub them together to get rid of the fraying wood but you will not need to do this in a smart restaurant. If you drop your chopsticks on the table or onto the floor don't pick them back up as you well be given a new pair. If [...]
Who Speaks What Language?
As a world nation these would be the percentages of who speaks what as a first language: 13.69%Â Â Â Mandarin Chinese 5.05%Â Â Â Spanish 4.84%Â Â Â English 2.82%Â Â Â Hindi 2.77%Â Â Â Portuguese 2.68% Â Â Â Bengali 2.27% Â Â Â Russian 1.99% Â Â Â Japanese 1.49% Â Â Â Standard German 1.21% Â Â Â Wu Chinese So surprisingly when you think English is the world's choice [...]
Successful Cross Culture Communication
As business becomes more enveloped in globalisation it is rare to find a thriving business that is now mono-cultural or even if this is so that they are not dealing internationally. This means that heads of present day businesses and organisations require an adapt ability to communicate and deal with people from a variety of [...]
Translation Services
To achieve quality translation professional services are required. Such translation services need to be effective in the messages they communicate to the web user. A professional translation service will listen and learn and take care to control the translation process making certain that your company is communicating the right message in whichever language you have [...]
Chinese Culture Olympic Opening
There is no doubt that the chinese certainly know how to put on a show. The fireworks were more than spectacular as were the lights and crowds at the Beijing Olympics. The culture can also be classed as ordered but creative, especially when we look at the Bird’s Nest stadium. This National stadium for China [...]
iPhone Google Translation Service
Here at Multilingual-Sites.com we like to keep you updated about new technologies that will help people to bridge the language gap. Apple has now joined up with Google to start the new translation servicefor the iPhone. This means that users can translate into multiple languages with this new iPhone application. The Google Mobile Translation Service [...]