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16th International Requirements Engineering Conference, 8-12 September, Barcelona, Spain http://sites.upc.edu/~www-gessi/re08/index.html
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16-19 September , New York, US http://en.oreilly.com/webexny2008/public/content/home
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This Month’s Article:Israeli Vs American culture
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When an American says…. |
The American may mean… |
An Israeli may hear / think… |
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Our approach towards X poses some challenges. |
Our approach has problems that must be solved. |
Great -- finally things are getting interesting, challenge is good. |
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There are issues with X. Or… I have a concern regarding X. |
There are problems with X that must be addressed - they might be serious enough to make X not doable. |
We can continue with X as we had intended - there might be some more discussion over some aspects that are worrying you, but nothing serious is wrong. |
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You might want to consider… |
The way it is now needs to be changed because there is a problem… |
Why should I consider another way? That isn’t relevant because it doesn’t sound like there’s any problem with the way it is now. |
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Did I understand you correctly when you said Y? |
I am amazed that you said something so wrong or stupid. |
Looks like I need to explain again because they didn’t understand the first time. |
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I would appreciate if you could get this to me by Thursday. |
The drop-dead deadline for this is Thursday. |
It would be nice to get it done by Thursday, but not essential. Later than Thursday will also be OK. |
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I’ll make an effort to get this to you by Thursday. |
I didn’t really commit, so it’s optional whether I’ll change priorities or try harder than usual. |
I can count on you doing everything possible for this, including working extremely longer hours than usual. |
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When an Israeli says… |
The Israeli may mean… |
An American might hear / think… |
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You have to listen to me |
I want to get your attention . |
You’re ordering me around in a very arrogant way! |
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You are wrong |
I disagree with your point of view and want to discuss it some more so that we can reach agreement on the best approach. |
You are insulting me. Also, clearly there’s no room for discussion because you have negated me. Looks like I should back off and not discuss this anymore. |
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OK, I understand, let’s move on |
I understand and agree with your point, i.e., you have persuaded me.
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You’re not really willing to listen to me because you actually think that what I have to say isn’t of any value, and you just want to avoid further discussion. |
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It’s your fault that we did X Or You were the one who decided on this. |
I need you to acknowledge that is wasn’t my fault. However, that has nothing to do with our working together as respectful colleagues. |
You don’t respect me because you’re blaming me. I don’t think we are going to be able to work together. |
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Your presentation was OK |
Your presentation was really good . |
You didn’t like my presentation. |
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Why don’t you do it another way? |
I’m giving you a helpful suggestion. I’m interested in bettering the result. |
You are really insulting my work. |