Charles Ho
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- 14 Feb 2016
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Hi,
I visit Tokyo regularly for business and I used to be accompanied by my Japanese business partners in customer meetings which are conducted largely in Japanese. My business partners will interpret and translate for me which is useful as I do not speak nor understand Japanese. In the coming months, I will be having business meetings without my business partners which means I need to engage an interpreter / translator for the meetings if I want to be able to communicate with my customers. Thus I have couple of questions:
1. Is it common to use interpreters in meetings?
2. In Japanese business setting, is male or female preferred for the interpreting? My industry is banking and IT which is primarily male-dominated. I was told by some Japanese business associates that female interpreter is more preferred as they are seen as more gentle and softer. I am the vendor, so I need to project a customer-oriented facade.
3. Is it proper to bring along an interpreter to business entertainment like lunch or dinner?
By the way, my post for interpreter was moved to the Classified section.
Appreciate any feedback / comments provided.
Thanks
I visit Tokyo regularly for business and I used to be accompanied by my Japanese business partners in customer meetings which are conducted largely in Japanese. My business partners will interpret and translate for me which is useful as I do not speak nor understand Japanese. In the coming months, I will be having business meetings without my business partners which means I need to engage an interpreter / translator for the meetings if I want to be able to communicate with my customers. Thus I have couple of questions:
1. Is it common to use interpreters in meetings?
2. In Japanese business setting, is male or female preferred for the interpreting? My industry is banking and IT which is primarily male-dominated. I was told by some Japanese business associates that female interpreter is more preferred as they are seen as more gentle and softer. I am the vendor, so I need to project a customer-oriented facade.
3. Is it proper to bring along an interpreter to business entertainment like lunch or dinner?
By the way, my post for interpreter was moved to the Classified section.
Appreciate any feedback / comments provided.
Thanks