Listen: the importance of communication

Bonjour, Hola, Hello. Many of us will know how to greet people in more than our native tongue – even if it is just a simple “hello”. Over a fifth of us have learned to say hello in two languages and 19% of us have mastered the greeting in three different tongues.

Global leaders are gathering in Egypt for COP27, taking place between November 6^th and November 18^th, with the full focus on the climate. Critical to putting solutions in place will be communication. COP27 will represent a microcosm of our society with so many ethnicities, cultures, and languages mixing, talking clearly to each other is vital – lest some important information get lost in translation.

Research carried out by language learning company Rosetta Stone discovered a massive 69% of us believe that most of the world’s problems could be resolved with communication and 70% of UK adults believe that our global leaders do not communicate enough.

Aston spoke to UN interpreter Nadia Rose.