A Word to Mumbai | 36 comments (36 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

My guess not to many Indians speak German.

Yet.

On one of the resource sites I use professionally, there are an increasing number of persons with Indian names who are obviously doing de/en translation.

And yes, I do start to get a little concerned about what impact this might have on prices...

The fact is that what we're experiencing right now is a top-down disaster. -Paul Krugman

by dvx (dvx.clt ät gmail dotcom) on Fri Aug 14th, 2009 at 10:57:05 AM EST
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Re: A Word to Mumbai (none / 0)

But these might actually be people living in Germany, or not? Here in Switzerland there is a Tamil community, and it is possible to have a young cashier at the supermarket or, as in the case of one of my clients who has a social worker, who looks Indian and has a Indian name but speaks Swiss German.

by Fran on Fri Aug 14th, 2009 at 11:16:01 AM EST
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Re: A Word to Mumbai (4.00 / 5)

Possible but...

Most people post their location in their profile, plus one of the default settings is how many hours ahead/behind each person (or their IP address) is. These are Indians in India.

The fact is that what we're experiencing right now is a top-down disaster. -Paul Krugman

by dvx (dvx.clt ät gmail dotcom) on Fri Aug 14th, 2009 at 12:33:50 PM EST
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Quite. A few years ago I worked with a firm selling CAD specs to EU industrials from Vietnam. The time differential was "billed" as a feature, not a bug.

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Fri Aug 14th, 2009 at 01:31:57 PM EST
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A Word to Mumbai | 36 comments (36 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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