Bu siness skills: b et ter me etings 1 — 21 business englisch bu sin es s e n g L is

accommodation
,
Unterbringung; 
hier:
Anpassung
adjust sth.
,
etw. anpassen
appropriateness 
[E(prEUpriEtnEs]
,
Angemessenheit
Beijing 
[)beI(dZIN]
,
Peking
default setting: adjust one’s ~ 
[di(fO:lt]
,
Standardeinstellungen korrigieren;
hier:
sich automatisch anpassen
distinguishing 
[dI(stINgwISIN]
,
unterscheidend, besonders
feature
,
Merkmal
friction
,
Reibung(en), Spannung(en)
gear: slip into the appropriate ~ 
,
hier:
reibungslos in die passende
Ausdrucksweise hineinfinden
(
gear
, 
Gang)
get sth. across
,
etw. vermitteln, rüberbringen
home setting
,
heimisches Umfeld
interlocutor 
[)IntE(lQkjUtE]
,
Gesprächspartner(in)
late
,
verstorben
occur 
[E(k§:]
,
stattfinden
outcome
,
Ergebnis
receipted invoice 
[ri)si:tId (InvOIs]
,
quittierte Rechnung
scholar 
[(skQlE]
,
Wissenschaftler(in) 
technical
,
hier:
fachsprachlich

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1/2021
Business Spotlight
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PAUL WHEATLEY
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based in Munich, specializing in cul-
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Contact: [e-mail]
might need to be more flexible in terms of 
how we get back to our European idea.” 
Bele’s entrepreneurial spirit continues 
to burn brightly. But she has a warning 
for entrepreneurs hoping to follow in 
her footsteps: “I wouldn’t currently rec-
ommend setting up a business here. I 
wouldn’t recommend coming to the UK 
now because you just can’t plan anything. 
With all our experience of more than 20 
years here, we can just about handle this. 
But someone new — no chance. You just 
have no basis on which to plan anything.”