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French Connection s01e02 | To Serve and Export

Jérôme Osselaer24 juin 2014

France was the 10th market for U.S. trade in services with $18.5bn in 2012, which represented 60% of the trade in goods during the same period.

While several initiatives should further improve market access in the EU, such as a potential TTIP, the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA), and the new Services Trade Restrictiveness Index (STRI) recently launched by OECD, companies of all sizes should benefit from major opportunities in an increasingly interconnected world.

English Skills | France, You Are the Weakest Link!

Jérôme Osselaer17 juin 2014

If you plan to enter into the French market, or even if you already have a presence there, you should be prepared to reach your audience in French, in order to increase the impact of your message and improve the efficiency of your cross-border operations.

Indeed, nearly 46% of French executives have insufficient English skills. Further reports confirm the weak linguistic skills of the French workforce and the population as a whole.

2014 Word Cup | A Story of Languages

Jérôme Osselaer10 juin 2014

Even though it is called “soccer” in some regions of the world, football is a universal language. But what are the linguistic characteristics of the sport at a professional level?

This infographic tells the story of the 2014 FIFA World Cup from the perspective of a “3D” translator interested in languages, business and sports.

It gives a direct access to key facts and figures for each qualified team, making it easier to identify linguistic patterns and quickly compare a side with other group competitors in terms of languages, market value and on-pitch performance.

New Opportunities for U.S. Exporters to France

Jérôme Osselaer3 juin 2014

This article is the inaugural episode of “French Connection”, a brand new series which will explore English to French flows in terms of trade, finance and people, in an increasingly interconnected and digitalized world. As we are just a couple of days away from the 70th anniversary of D-Day, it seems appropriate to focus on the American trade in goods with France, and the benefits of new international regulations for U.S. exporters.