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From: rickw@eskimo.com (Richard Wojcik)
Subject: Re: English: USA supreme court this fall
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In article <4llb7u$kio@news2.cais.com>,
Eric Landau <elandau@cais3.cais.com> wrote:
[snip]
>My impression from limited observation is that many if not most of the 
>large multi-national corporations have addressed the problem of mixed- 
>language workforces at facilities outside their home countries by 
>designating English as the standard language of the workplace, even in 
>cases where the corporate HQ is in a non-English-speaking country.  I 
>know this to be the case for one particular Swiss company, and got the 
>impression from them that it was common practice.  Perhaps someone with 
>more direct knowledge of such practices can comment.

Alcatel Bell is a good example.  All the employees are expected to learn
and communicate in English.

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