Dec. 9, 2021
Caught in between two languages
I recently find myself being caught in between English and Chinese language that causes some misunderstanding when communicating with people around me. Chinese is a high-context language, sometimes people do not answere your question directly. It make me frustrated and confusing when an simple yes or no question not replied in a simply way instead of giving you a bunch of explainations that leaving you guessing...
I realize English is a low-context language that people ususally reply what exactly what you ask. It makes me feel comfortable and able to get the gist of what people say quickly. I know that this may cause some awkward situation of being blunt but rather guessing what other people say in long context, I prefer people being straight to me even though sometimes it is the critizisim.
The reality is I live in China and I have to get used to the way how people communicate and find the balance between these two languages/cultures.
Caught in between two languages
I recently fiound myself being caught in between English and Chinese language thatwhich causesd some misunderstanding when communicating with people around me.
Past tense makes more sense here.
Chinese is a high-context language, so sometimes people do not answere your question directly.
It makes me frustrated and confusinged when an simple yes or no question is not replied in a simplye way instead of giving you a bunch of explainations that leaving you guessing...
I realized English is a low-context language that people ususally reply whatith exactly what you ask.
It makes me feel comfortable and I'm able to get the gist of what people say quickly.
I know that this may cause some awkward situation ofs where I'm being blunt but rather than guessing what other people sayare saying in long contexts, I prefer people being straight to me even though sometimesif it is the critizcisim.
The reality is I live in China and I have to get used to the way how people communicate and find the balance between these two languages/cultures.
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Great post! I think most Asian languages come from high context cultures, and you can definitely get away with being direct in English most of the time.
Dec. 10, 2021
Thanks for your correction Frank.
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I recently find myself being caught in between English and Chinese language that causes some misunderstanding when communicating with people around me. I recently f Past tense makes more sense here. |
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Chinese is a high-context language, sometimes people do not answere your question directly. Chinese is a high-context language, so sometimes people do not answer |
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It make me frustrated and confusing when an simple yes or no question not replied in a simply way instead of giving you a bunch of explainations that leaving you to guess... |
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I realize English is a low-context language that people ususally reply what exactly what you ask. I realized English is a low-context language that people usu |
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It makes me feel comfortable and able to get the gist of what people say quickly. It makes me feel comfortable and I'm able to get the gist of what people say quickly. |
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I know that this may cause some awkward situation of being blunt but rather guessing what other people say in long context, I prefer people being straight to me even though sometimes it is the critizisim. I know that this may cause |
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The reality is I live in China and I have to get used to the way how people communicate and find the balance between these two languages/cultures. The reality is I live in China and I have to get used to the way |
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It make me frustrated and confusing when an simple yes or no question not replied in a simply way instead of giving you a bunch of explainations that leaving you guessing... It makes me frustrated and confus |
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