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How you handle customer with no english skill

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jegtheme says

well, im not natively speaking english, my grammar is bad, and only use general word. and my headache doubling when handling client who unable to speak / write english.

sometime i feel like we are alien who try to communicate. can anyone share experience how to handle customer with very little english skill?

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purethemes says

To this day I have no idea what one of customers wrote to me:

Hi, First, my English is not very good. This article is therefore hardly read a lot of type. You “Magvanus” I bought the theme. but I can not kurulumuun. Not so in our demo site kurulumuun

If someone could explain what “kurulumuun” means I’ll be able to sleep whole night again!

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OriginalEXE says

Till this day I have no idea what one of customers wrote to me:
Hi, First, my English is not very good. This article is therefore hardly read a lot of type. You “Magvanus” I bought the theme. but I can not kurulumuun. Not so in our demo site kurulumuun
If someone could explain what “kurulumuun” means I’ll be able to sleep whole night again!

Ahahaha i laughed my a** off :D

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XiaoThemes says

LOL

kurulumuun HAHAHAHHA

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cmt says

jegtheme, I am sorry, but I think this situation is a dead-end. Probably you can advice him to try and find a fellow translator to assist him.


If someone could explain what “kurulumuun” means I’ll be able to sleep whole night again!

Maybe something like kolaveri?

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kaaz says

ha ha ‘kurulumuun’

google translates it from Turkish to English

‘kurulumu’ means ‘installation’

edit: smart Google detects the language

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CLINE123 says

If someone could explain what “kurulumuun” means I’ll be able to sleep whole night again!

You don’t know what that means? That my friend is a word: “I kurulumuun”, “you kurulumuun”, “he, she, it, kurulumuun”. “kurulumuunology”, the study of kurulumuun. It’s first grade stuff…

To the poster: Google translator would be a first option, it would at least get the idea across so you’ll both be on the same page.

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trendyWebStar says

To this day I have no idea what one of customers wrote to me:
Hi, First, my English is not very good. This article is therefore hardly read a lot of type. You “Magvanus” I bought the theme. but I can not kurulumuun. Not so in our demo site kurulumuun
If someone could explain what “kurulumuun” means I’ll be able to sleep whole night again!

hahahahahahahah hahahaha oohh god hahahah xD :D:D

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ThemeProvince says

LOL kurulumuun HAHAHAHHA

roflcopter

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iHelp says

I tell them that I don’t speak their language and therefor cannot help unless they find a legit translator, human or machine. Same if the translation is very poor and I cannot understand their issue. It’s absolutely legit, don’t worry too much.

kurulumuun amused me a lot ^^

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