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5. 4 Review the questionnaire, complete it, and then send it back to me. Its purpose is to help us get on the same page as to what information is needed. If we have to, then we can go over the questionnaire on the phone. Note: Filling out the questionnaire and returning it to me is always better and saves time in the long run. 5 Arrange the time and day of the phone call that I will have with the person, as described in the questionnaire. 6 If help is needed in this regard (i.e., the person does not speak any English at all and/or has no relative or friend who can act as a temporary go-between), then I will help if I can. For example, I can use Chinese language software to send the person a Chinese email. The Basics B

7. CASE OF WRONGFUL DEATH A downtown attorney contacts me because of the need to communicate with a Mandarin-speaking person who will become, possibly, a witness for the plaintiff. The attorney team is still learning things about the case and needs to get the story as this person, Mr. Li, experienced it. Mr. Li no longer works for the company that is getting sued; he now operates machines at a factory that belongs to a different company. He speaks some English but he cannot express himself well enough to clearly describe his experience at the former company. I get this story from Mr. Li: The company did not maintain the machines well and because of this, Mr. George’s machine blew up and killed him. Mr. Li thinks that it is not surprising that the surviving family members want to sue, because Mr. George was a very good machine operator and was very safety-conscious. In fact, Mr. George’s death was the main reason for Mr. Li’s move to the new company. Mr. Li knew that due to that company’s negligence some bad thing might happen some day, and he will indeed testify for the family. Scenario A

8. A local business school has been hosting two researchers from China. The school is organizing a conference on business optimization and computers. The department that is using the two researchers wants to hire outside language help for an expert from the researchers’ school in China. This expert will be coming to Chicago to present some workshops at the conference. This expert’s English is an unknown quantity. The researchers will be able to communicate with her in Mandarin, certainly, but the school and the department want to make sure that all bases are covered. Her expertise is highly valued. She arrives at the department on a Friday morning. I make a phone call to her that afternoon. I find out that she knows Russian very well, but she barely knows enough English to present the workshops the next week (she will not be able to answer any questions). I offer to help as much as I can. Her workshop materials already had been translated into English in China. Scenario B ARRANGEMENTS

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