In the course of the past decade, communication between speakers of different languages has increased exponentially in the business world . More and more business organisations are now characterised by a multi-cultural, multi-lingual workforce, and numerous organisations now communicate with stakeholders in different countries. In such situations in international business communication, whenever person A with first language A, speaks to person B with first language B, then there are four options available in terms of the language that they will opt for.
