The International Companies Using Only English

A growing number of global firms are using as English their main language – even if they are based in Japan or France. By Bryan Borzykowski.

Nearly every meeting Keiko Claassen must attend at work is held in English. No big deal – except that her company is based in Italy and she’s Dutch.

At one recent meeting where she was the only non-Italian in the room, her colleagues stopped speaking English – the common language between them – because someone had trouble following the conversation.

Continue reading