英语翻译CulturalConflict"Internationalcommunication"iscommunicationbetweenmembersofdifferentcultures.Thisdefinitionissimple.Buttheprocessiscomplex.Interculturalcommunicationinvolvesdifferingperception,attitudesandinterpretatio

　　英语翻译

　　CulturalConflict

　　"Internationalcommunication"iscommunicationbetweenmembersofdifferentcultures.Thisdefinitionissimple.Buttheprocessiscomplex.Interculturalcommunicationinvolvesdifferingperception,attitudesandinterpretations.Weknowthateventwopeoplefromthesameculturecanhavecommunicationproblems.Peoplecanunintentionallyhurteachotherbysomethingtheysayordo.Isn'titlogical,then,thatcommunicationproblemscanbecompoundedamongpeoplewhodonothavethebenefitofsharedexperiences(i.e.languageandculture)?

　　Culturesdonotcommunicate;individualsdo.Everyonehasauniquestyleofcommunication,butculturesdetermineageneralstylefortheirmembers.Therelationshipoftheindividualtohiscultureisanalogqoustoanactorandhisdirector.Theactorputshisownpersonalityintohisactingbutisneverthelessinfluencedbythedirector.Wearenotalwaysawareofthesubtleinfluencesofourcultures.

　　Problemsandmisinterpretationsdonotresulteverytimemembersfromtwoculturescommunicate.However,whenculturalconflictsdoarise,theymaybeperceivedaspersonalratherthancultural.Somemisunderstandingsareinsignificantandcanbeeasilyignoredorremedied.Otherconflictsaremoreseriousinthattheycancausemisunderstandingsandcreatepersistentnegativeattitudestowardforeigners.

　　Themisunderstandingwasduetothewoman’sfailuretounderstandtheman’snonverbalsignal.Inherculture,hisgestureconveysasexualadvance.Accordingtohisculture,hewasonlysaying(nonverbally),“Oh,thereyouare.I’vebeenlookingforyou.”Thewoman’smisinterpretationresultedinherangryreactionandhisconfusion.Ifthetwohadknownmoreabouteachother’snonverbalcues,theycouldhaveavoidedtheculturalconflict.

　　Difficultiesininterculturalcommunicationarisewhenthereislittleornoawarenessofdivergentculturalvaluesandbeliefs.Incross-culturalinteractions.speakerssometimesassumewhattheybelieveisright,becausetheyhavegrownupthinkingtheirwayisthebest.Thisethnocentricassumptioncanresultinnegativejudgmentsaboutothercultures.Anothermanifestationofethnocentricattitudesisthatpeoplebecomecritica