Foreign Languages and Travel Flashcards
Globalization
جهانی سازی
Globalization is a catch-all term that refers to any activity that involves many countries.
عبارت فراگیر
The increasing globalization of business makes cross-cultural skills mandatory.
Cross-cultural = multicultural
Transnational
چند ملیتی
The dramatic increase in transnational travel in recent years has had potential impacts on countries.
Due to transnational industrialization the export capacity of both countries increased.
Mutual
متقابل
Nations can live together with mutual trust.
Mutual respect is necessary for any partnership to work.
Inhabitants
International travels would never bring conflict because visitors and local inhabitants are economically motivated.
A city of six inhabitants
Local inhabitants/ local residents/ local population.
Win over someone
پشتیبانی کسی را کسب کردن
Foreigners should learn the culture of a country before winning over the local people.
We’ll be working hard over the next ten days to win over the undecided voters.
Relations
ارتباط یا رفتار متقابل رسمی بین دو گروه یا کشور
Relations between the two countries have steadily deteriorated in recent years.
Relations between two countries have improved recently.
Relations between workers and management are generally good.
Conventions
Visitors disobey rules and conventions simply because they have no knowledge of them.
Arise
The increase in the international travel should not be taken as the cause of any conflict that arises between two countries.
They agreed to avoid conflicts arising from involvement in political groups.
Demise of
مرگ …
از بین رفتن …
There is widespread worry that we will have a demise of countries’ identities.
The imminent demise (=happening soon) of the local newspaper
از بین رفتن زود هنگام روزنامه محلی
Yield
To produce a result, answer, or piece of information
Culture can distinguish one country from others, attracting foreign visitors and yielding high income.
Our research has only recently begun to yield important results.
Time-honored + noun
یک روش یا سنت قدیمی
New people are breaking many of their time-honored traditions.
Undermine
Increased interaction between countries in the domains of business and culture can either strengthen or undermine the identities of countries involved.
Economic policies that threaten to undermine the health care system.
Incentive
Something that encourages you to work harder
Providing economic incentives for cultural preservation is one of the main contributions of tourism.
When prices are so low, farmers have little incentive to increase production.
Provide incentive انگیزه دادن
Contribution مزیت
Flock
هجوم بردن به جایی
When a historic site or a site that shows a country’s cultural heritage is made accessible to the public, visitors from all over the world will soon flock there.
People have been flocking to the exhibition.
Indigenous
بومی
Tourism can make an indigenous culture known to the world.
The many indigenous cultures which existed in Siberia
Blueberries are indigenous to America.
