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It was a wandering French geographer with a vision of language as a unifying and deeply generative cultural influence who coined the term “Francophonie” (French-speaking world). His name was Onésime Reclus, a 19th century booster of French culture and language who traveled widely and wrote books primarily about the French colonies in Africa. His vision…
With so many languages in the world to learn, and the accelerating rise of China as a global economic superpower, why are French and Spanish still so very important in the world of business? Certainly, French has been overtaken by Chinese, Arabic, or Russian? Hasn’t Spanish gone the way of the Spanish Armada? While…
When a Montreal executive and a Parisian colleague speak French in a business meeting, they understand each other. But the differences between their dialects can create subtle misunderstandings that matter in high-stakes interpretation and translation. For organizations working across French-speaking markets, knowing these distinctions is essential. French is a pluricentric language, meaning it has multiple…
