Doing Business in a Foreign Country

Written communication is expressing oneself clearly, using language with precision, constructing a logical argument, note taking, editing and summarizing, and writing reports.(Spears, R. A. (2001). When doing business with a foreign country such as Brazil, one needs to also factor in the countries political history, religion, and culture of your audience.

There are three things that will help with communicating with partners you may have in Brazil or any other foreign country. The first is structure, the way the content is laid out. A good structured conversation knows the purpose they want to convey, has researched the targeted audience. Researching the country of Brazil is an important matter when you identify key points, facts and themes. Although, many of our fellow citizens still confuse Brazil with Spanish America, Brazil is the only Portuguese-speaking nation in the Western Hemisphere.(Meade, T. A. (2003). Brazilian Portuguese is a passionate and romantic language, where the focus is on expressing yourself rather than following tons of grammar rules. Research the written words, advertisements logos and body gestures you use in the native country. After you have structured the research of which words are acceptable written, spoken or advertised in Brazil, compose a strong introduction. Keep the message simply and avoid jargon. Brazilian partners may lose focus on the message your trying to get across. Use words that are concrete and specific words to the topic. Short Paragraphs and sentences instead of long rambling ones, keep the idea or purpose in the room. This structured handout should be given in the Portuguese language as well as English language. This will allow all your readers to quickly scan the...

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...e able to do upon completion. The content will be structured with bulleted lists in the appropriated needed areas. The content would be short , concrete and familiar words rather than long, obscure and complex words. The words in the context should be words with warmth, sensitivity and friendliness. Writing is one of the most common tasks that you’ll find yourself doing during communication with business overseas on a regular work day. Just as important as the content of business writing is the tone – the writer’s opinion and emotion toward the reader and subject matter. Just like your tone of voice in a spoken conversation, the tone of a written conversation is as important as the actual content. Many countries come from different cultures, religions and politician backgrounds. Good foreign business need to have researched structure, style and good content.