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Best Language for Business

2006-11-21 Tue 08:00

The former president of Mitsubishi Trading Corporation tried to introduce English as an official language in the company around ten years ago, according to the article in today's Nikkei newspaper.

I liked the reason because it is rational. It is not because English is merely used all over the world, but because English is the most suitable language for business.

According to some French executive officer, French is too minute to draw up contracts. Japanese is too vague. English is a little minute and a little vague. So English is very functional for business.

It is very interesting. I do not know much about French, but I believe firmly that the Japanese language and the Japanese way of business have a misleading vagueness.