In 1931 he was arrested, haggard, confused and unable to communicate in English.

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Investors who cannot communicate in English should make arrangements to have someone that they trust and who is competent to translate financial documents, timely review all communications from the brokerage firm: trade confirmations, monthly statements, notices, letters, etc.

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In a recent paper, we found that bilateral trade between European countries depends positively on the probability that two randomly chosen individuals, one from each country, would be able to communicate with each other in English.

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While all this was happening, the pirates ordered him to communicate information about the incident to his shipping company in English, via satellite.

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Even to communicate with people in other Indian states, you need to know either the local language or English.

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But with most ships operating with less than two dozen people, a handful of which being English speaking officers trained in maritime security procedures, how will sailors find the time to communicate with naval assets?

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