President of the Language Institute Cecily Bernard concedes to having become increasingly aware that in a global economic climate where Guyana’s business community continues to come under growing pressure to explore opportunities for new, non-conventional markets, possession of foreign language services that are readily available to the business sector have become a necessity rather than just an advantage.
In the absence of foreign-language competency a number of communication problems can arise in international trade including misunderstanding of contracts, inability to grasp foreign economic policies, and problems associated with cultural differences in language when business terms need to be translated.
In Europe, a Business Platform for Multilingualism (BPfM) has already been created to
