When is Korean Language Used in Foreign Negotiations

If you are working in the central business district in a civilised and a prosperous country like Singapore, you will often find yourself in a position where you need to negotiate a deal or terms of engagement to a foreign partner who speaks a different language than yours.

Aside from Chinese, there are companies in Singapore that use the Korean language in communication. It is a good idea to study Korean as much as you know how to use the English language. There are many ways if you want to learn Korean in Singapore. There are many schools to choose from and many courses you can be a part of. There are even language centres that offer online courses for students who wants to study Korean.

The Korean way of doing business is said to be like culminating a personal relationship rather than a professional formality. Personal commitments for them is believed to be as important at the least as the written contract applied. In any foreign negotiations, it is imperative to remember that if you are negotiating with a Korean partner, he or she would probably fall back or prefer to use the Korean language where he or she is a master of. They may occasionally slip to idioms and expressions in their language; these are the things one should be mindful of when doing negotiation in Korean or any other foreign language.

Even though English may be the best option when dealing with written negotiations, you may find yourself needing to write a contract in a foreign language. The Korean language might be a better choice than its Chinese counterpart when doing written negotiations. Chinese contains a huge number of characters to be familiarised with before reading or writing a single document. Korean is similar to English in lots of ways so it might be easier to use Korean in writing than Chinese.