经济学人信息部(Economist Intelligence Unit)的一篇报告说,近半数跨国公司的高管相信,语言障碍曾让跨境交易流产,给公司带来经济损失。经济学人信息部是《经济学人》(Economist)杂志母公司经济学人集团(Economist Group)旗下的商业研究机构
A report in Economic Intelligence Unit says that nearly one half of senior excutives in transnational corporations believe that language blockage once lead to the abortion of some international trades, causing econoic cost to the corporations. The Economic Intelligence Unit is a business research agency under the flag of Economic Group which owns the Economist magzine.