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· For each question (31-40), write one word in
CAPITAL
LETTERS on your Answer Sheet.
· There is an example at
the beginning.
Help for Exporters to Speak the
Language
The new Languages in Export Advisory
Scheme has been started to help companies that are keen to export and have fewer
than two hundred and fifty employees. It means that they {{U}} {{U}}
1 {{/U}} {{/U}}eligible for a grant of up to fifty per cent of the cost
of three-and-a-half days' on-site consultancy. The scheme defines ways of
meeting the business's language needs {{U}} {{U}} 2 {{/U}}
{{/U}}relating its product or service to the overseas market.
There are two stages: the first stage, {{U}} {{U}} 3 {{/U}}
{{/U}}lasts half a day, gives employers understanding of the issues involved in
exporting and briefs {{U}} {{U}} 4 {{/U}} {{/U}}on local
language and export information centres. The second, three-day stage provides
expert advice on competing effectively {{U}} {{U}} 5 {{/U}}
{{/U}}overseas markets. A specialist in exports and language use analyses the
firm's language needs and produces a plan {{U}} {{U}} 6 {{/U}}
{{/U}}developing strategies.
Strategies that might {{U}}
{{U}} 7 {{/U}} {{/U}}considered include establishing on-line or
phone links with an interpreting company, hiring a native of a particular
country on a contract basis, advertising for someone {{U}} {{U}} 8
{{/U}} {{/U}}fluency in a particular language, and locating a foreign student
on placement or at a local business school. Such people might help the boss to
{{U}} {{U}} 9 {{/U}} {{/U}}up a stand at a business exhibition
in a foreign city, as {{U}} {{U}} 10 {{/U}} {{/U}}as handle the
paperwork and deal with clients. It is hoped that many small businesses all over
the world will benefit from this idea in the future.