Declan Murphy wrote:

> Eric Takabayashi wrote:
> > Ryan Ginstrom wrote:
>
> >>Or should they let the contractors do their own damn translations if they
> >>want the contract?
> >
> > The foreigners can do so if they want, but it shouldn't be a requirement.
>
> The phrase "the customer is god" never quite made it to Hawaii did it?

Hawaii was famous before workers started speaking other languages like
Japanese for their benefit, and historically, it would appear that other
Japanese appreciate the need for a means of communication other than Japanese,
even just within Japan, for business, government, or any other purpose.

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