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We’ve got a pretty solid contract potentially coming through with a company overseas. Still in early stages but it looks promising if we can work things out. Thing is, we need to negotiate everything online with their rep through video calls. Problem is nobody on their end speaks English, like at all. We’re sitting here trying to figure out how we’re gonna run these negotiations when we can’t even understand each other. Are there any services out there that can help with translation in real time during video calls?
Man, that’s rough when you’re trying to close a deal and you’re basically playing charades the whole time. You miss half of what they’re saying, they miss what you mean, and then you’re both nodding along pretending you’re on the same page when really nobody has a clue. Translators cost a fortune per hour and scheduling them around everyone’s time zones turns into a whole production. There are some browser extensions and apps that do live captioning with translation, though the accuracy can be hit or miss depending on accents and how fast people talk.
Plus you’re stuck pausing every two seconds to type something into Google Translate and the conversation just dies. Kills all the momentum when you’re trying to build rapport with someone and every exchange takes five minutes. AI translation’s come a long way recently and can handle conversations way smoother than the old clunky methods. You can run your negotiations using Hitoo https://hitoo.io/ . It’s built on AI and translates from pretty much any major language almost like having a live interpreter right there with you. Works during your video calls so both sides can actually talk naturally and understand each other without the constant stopping and starting.
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