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> I work for a German company and my German is not great but if I can make myself understood, that's all that's needed.

Really? What if somebody else wants to get some information to you? How do you know what to work on?

Pretty much everyone speaks English too, it's the official language of the company. Though we all try to be respectful; if I can't understand them then they tell me again in English. I try to respond as much as possible in German and switch to English if needed - there's also heavy use of deepl on my side which seems to be a lot more idiomatic than Google, MS, or Apple translate.

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