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Saying 'Yes' or 'No'
Spanish
Juan Martín Espinosa (Mexico City, Mexico) "For a Mexican it is always important to have friends. For this reason he cannot immediately..."
Martha Mateos Brito (Monterrey, Mexico) "In this country, I have interacted with foreigners from different countries. It is very true..."
Geraldina Villarreal de la Fuente (Monterrey, Mexico) "In our culture we tend to be less frank when we say "yes"
or "no."
Many times we are..."
Stéfano Nativi Figerola (Lima, Peru) "In every case in which I have been in a negotiation, and I consider this to be generic..."
Claudia Vila (Lima, Peru) "OK, generally during negotiations one doesn't give a direct answer in this case as one..."
Miluska Pérez Velásquez (Lima, Peru) "I believe that the best advice that one can give to an American when he is negotiating..."
Héctor Huaman Samaniego (Huancayo, Peru) "To say "yes"
is generally a pleasant and satisfactory announcement, so there isn't any..."
Chinese
Ming-Chuan Pan (Keelung, Taiwan) "Generally, in dealing with people... "
Gang Li (Sichuan, China) "About the yes-or-no issue, in Chinese culture..."
Kuo-Lung Huang (Hsinchu, Taiwan) "So the question we're going to talk about today is..."
Xue Yan Liao (Guangzhou, China) "Generally speaking, Chinese people won't express..."
Turkish
Alparslan Göktaş (Ankara, Turkey) "In Anatolian culture, when people get together..."
Mahmet Özmercan (Ankara, Turkey) "In Turkey, we cannot express our thoughts directly and..."
Zeki Samatyalı (Ankara, Turkey) "We Turks are a nation that gives priority to..."
Serdar Tan (Ankara, Turkey) "Concerning this topic of expressing the thoughts..."
Kudret Öcal (İstanbul, Turkey) "In a business meeting, short answers do ..."
Japanese
Kentaro (Tokyo, Japan) "In Japan, it is generally thought that there is a tendency..."
Koji (Los Angeles, USA) "I don't think that Japanese businessmen can answer..."
Haruko (Tokyo, Japan) "In Japan, haruko says..."
Hiroshi (Tokyo, Japan)"I think that the Japanese people do not like to say..."
Authors: LouisPM, orkelm.