The case ‘Elizabeth Visits GPC’s French Subsidiary’ is about Elizabeth Moreno who is a key specialist within GPC. 伊丽莎白是这个公司的重要人员。
She is travelling from the subsidiary in the Philippines to visit another located in France.
她刚刚结束了在菲律宾的访问，现在又去访问法国分公司
The text is about the cultural differences between different countries and people and shows how companies deal with it. 这篇文章是关于不同国家和人民之间的文化差异，并显示了企业如何处理它。
GPC has subsidiaries around the world. 环球制药公司已经遍及全球
Despite all technological advances, face-to-face meetings and on site constellations are used widely. 尽管科技在不断发展，但是面对面的会议和交流仍然很广泛
France in particular has regular visits from GPC execs and scientists. 特别是法国具有GPC高管和科学家们定期回访。
The case study highlights the challenges that Elizabeth Moreno got communicating with the French subsidiary manager. 案例研究强调了伊丽莎白·莫雷诺得到了与法国分公司经理沟通的挑战。
To prepare dealing with cross-cultural issues, the company’s human research management department gives courses to prepare for foreign assignments. 要准备应对跨文化的问题，企业的人力科研管理部门提供的课程，为外派任务做准备。
For Elizabeth this contrast is even bigger as she just leaved the Philippines. 对于伊丽莎白这个反差是巨大的，特别是刚刚离开菲律宾
The text shows that the different language is not the only thing to worry about. 文本显示，不同的语言并不是唯一要担心的。
There are different challenges in every country.在每一个国家有很多不同的挑战
Also miscommunication is much more likely to occur among people from different countries or backgrounds than among those from similar backgrounds. 沟通不畅也更可能是来自不同的国家和背景的人之间发生的不是在那些相似的背景之下的。
Even in the communication style differences can be found. 即便是在沟通风格差异都可以找到。

In everyday life, we communicate with others is the verbal. More than just conveying objective information, language also conveys cultural and social understandings from one generation to the next. (语言不仅用于传递客观信息，同样用于在代际间传承文化与社会意识。) Because of increasing workforce diversity around the world, the international business manager will have to deal