The number one hurdle to overcome when travelling around China is the language barrier.
The language barrier is also an issue, though many Europeans do speak multiple languages.
Hire locally, and stop having to worry about miscommunication due to a language barrier.
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Even if a band can overcome the cultural hurdles, he said, the language barrier is often prohibitive.
The language barrier will get worse here as there are hardly any maps, let alone signage in English.
It is easier to expand to the United Kingdom for United States retailers since they have no language barrier.
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In spite of the language barrier, she tries to swap memories with me.
For Western companies China can be a difficult market to crack due to its language barrier and inherently private culture.
At Springboard, she says, perhaps the biggest element of the 12 week training given to entrepreneurs focuses on this language barrier.
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For some it may be the language barrier, for others, the relatively tiny apartments that most people tend to live in.
The language barrier does not affect the majority, but for those who enter school as English learners the challenges are even greater.
In trying to save their home, the biggest problem for immigrants is the language barrier and lack of information in accessible languages.
The language barrier between northern and southern Europe is a greater difficulty.
For one, there is a language barrier: few intelligence officers speak Arabic.
Despite the language barrier, he struck up a conversation with them.
But Laura's immediate progress is hampered because of the language barrier.
Assuming the language barrier is not an issue, an online service can be picked up in any country round the world, and that can cause issues.
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We want to knock down the language barrier wherever it trips people up, and we can't wait to see what the next six years will bring.
While the language barrier may explain some of his apparent contradictions, many of his decisions since taking over from Craig Brown in March 2002 have been downright baffling.
"In Portugal there was sometimes a language barrier but even if you are coaching players who speak English, there is always the issue of how much they understand, " he told CNN.
Some limited English proficient (LEP) Korean American homeowners simply give up communicating with banks due to the language barrier, instead paying a broker to communicate with the bank on their behalf.
Not content to simply dabble in double-sided transparent touchscreens, Japanese mobile provider NTT DoCoMo continues its efforts to break the language barrier -- this time with a new Android app.
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It goes well beyond the language barrier.
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Despite their proximity and the absence of a language barrier -- Hindustani, an amalgam of Hindi and Urdu, is understood by both north Indians and Pakistanis -- only 1.2% of Pakistan's exports go to India, while the import tally is a mere 0.7%.
While many of these workers may not show mobility in the labor market immediately because of a language barrier, over time they will develop networks, and better understand the legal system of the U.S. This is perhaps the most important aspect of dealing with the human rights issues facing low-wage immigrant workers.
No language-barrier, gender-inequality or racial-divide was going to stop them from meeting their goals.
This is extremely cool in my view, and takes a significant step toward the Holy Grail of removing language as a barrier between people.
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Visual art also transcends the barrier of language, making both the work and message able to be viewed by a global audience.
Language was the only barrier, but a friendly smile bulldozed that wall.
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