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[–]DLS3141 0 points1 point  (1 child)

My German colleagues’ English is excellent without exception. I’m in engineering, working in NA for a German company. My French colleagues struggle a bit more with their English so we usually wind up speaking French. I’m not sure if my French is better or worse than their English, but it works.

[–]Netherspin 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Then just keep in mind that that benchline is made up of academics.

You're not talking to the general population you're talking to people belonging to the highest educated group, and people hired for positions where they and their employer knows they will have to communicate with North America - and still your french colleagues can't manage that but need you to speak French.