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Business and Food

Spanish

Joanna Borrell (República Dominicana) "OK, in our country what is business and pleasure are very separate. That is to say..."

Alejandro Octavio Aguilera (Monterrey, Mexico) "Well, as to talking about business, if the person is your associate, at any time, or in..."

Roxana Danae Bannach (Santiago, Chile) "OK, I think that the idea of talking about business if one goes out to eat would be fine..."

Claudia Vila (Lima, Peru) "It is normal during lunch time, if you go out for lunch or for dinner, to talk about..."

Miluska Pérez Velásquez (Lima, Peru) "Well, generally when someone invites you to eat, you have to make a distinction..."

Chinese

Li Li (Shanghai, China) "If what we're talking about work... "

Xiaofei Zhang (Shanghai, China) "Our eating customs in China are perhaps..."

Gang Li (Sichuan, China) "Actually, eating and drinking culture is inseparable..."

Xiao Liu Bai (Chengdu, China) "For Chinese people eating is a big deal..."

Turkish

Ömer Yüksel Sümer (Ankara, Turkey) "The employees in our country have a time period that is..."

Erdal Bargut (Ankara, Turkey) "In Turkey as a rule, employers and employees eat..."

Abdullah Marulcu (Afyon, Turkey)"The employers in Turkey...Naturally, this may..."

Esra Hoşgün (Samsun, Turkey) "There were no separate hours for the employers and employees to..."

Gülsüm Deniz (İstanbul, Turkey) "There is a lunch culture in Turkish business world. This is..."

Japanese

Motonobu (Kagawa Prefecture) "As for mealtimes in Japan, breakfast is generally between..."

Keiko (Hyogo, Japan) "Then keiko says..."

Shoichi (Tokyo, Japan) "Then shoichi says..." (Note: no transcription available.)

Tsutomu (Tokyo, Japan) "Then tsutomu says..." (Note: no transcription available.)


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