David is employed with an Australian company that carries over 20,000 quality spare parts, engines and transmissions for import and export for Japanese, European and Australian trucks and buses. His job requires regular visits to Japan and he says that in the past he sometimes had the feeling that, because of the language and culture barrier he was not getting through to his Japanese business colleagues. Back home in New South Wales, he decided to enrol in a Certificate in Social Proficiency with VLLC.
David said his next visit to Japan was most successful, because he understood more about the Japanese approach to business. At the end of the visit, the business man he was dealing with, through an interpreter, spoke in English for the first time and congratulated him on his courtesy in making the effort to learn the language and to understand something of the local culture.
After almost completing his Japanese course David says "Now I am able to communicate quite comfortably, both in weekly zoom calls and on personal visits to our suppliers in Japan. It is a much more professional arrangement." He is convinced that his Japanese course with VLLC is a sound investment in future business communications. "It works two way, of course. The Japanese counterparts also feel more comfortable with us, when they understand more about us, through relaxed conversation."
After almost completing his Japanese course David says "Now I am able to communicate quite comfortably, both in weekly zoom calls and on personal visits to our suppliers in Japan. It is a much more professional arrangement." He is convinced that his Japanese course with VLLC is a sound investment in future business communications. "It works two way, of course. The Japanese counterparts also feel more comfortable with us, when they understand more about us, through relaxed conversation."
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