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11 learnings from a place that’s not ‘English-first’

Source: Adobe Stock You can take a person out of a language but you can’t take the language out of them We are more similar than we are different You will be misunderstood, often People will forget you exist, don’t take it personally ML translations suck, big time No one will get your jokes And no, don’t try to explain If you hear your name, you can safely assume they’re praising you. ALWAYS! (Am I a superstar or what?!) Active noise cancellation is your new best friend Social outings will be excruciatingly boring Hearing someone talk in your mother tongue will be as blissful as your baby saying ‘mama’ OK, bye! Time to tune out and let the music play ;)