mae_creativity Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 Tips for non- native English speakers…Hiya 🙂[i speak and teach several languages, so here are some tips for you about writing in English on Fiverr.]DIFFERENT LANGUAGES - DIFFERENT CULTURES:For example - in Spain, when you walk into a store, the clerk says: ‘Que quieres?’ This is the normal thing to say and expect to hear. But in English, ‘What do you want?’ sounds very rude. If a seller in England asked me that, I wouldn’t answer, and just leave the store. In Spain, I would tell them what I want to buy, then buy it.A few random, common things we write to clients on Fiverr - in polite English:How can I help you?Thanks for contacting me. I would love to hear more details.I’m not sure what you mean, could you please explain that in a different way?Thank you for your order. I’ll start right away.Thanks again for ordering. If you’d like to leave a review I would really appreciate it.I’d like to let you know that English is not my native language, so you will see errors in my writing (grammar and spelling). But be assured, I do understand written/spoken English.Here’s your order. Please let me know if you have any questions.I will have a look at what you sent me, and write you back within an hour.I will be offline for the next two hours.It was a pleasure working with you.I need to see an example before I can commit to the project. Please send me a sample.Some people think that using emojis [ 🙂 :o ] is not professional. But in my opinion, if communicating through writing (in any language) is not easy for you, a little smiley face changes the mood of the message and can help a lot. If the actual work that you do is professional, I don’t see a problem with a little smiley face. And if you click on the smiley face under the message text box, you will find at least 100 pictures of any object/animal/person you can think of.In conclusion, buyers have so many sellers to choose from here. Of course learning or perfecting your English is great for many reasons. But you don’t have to wait till you know perfect English to start selling your gigs.For now, make a list of everything you can think of, that you will be writing to clients (questions, answers, greetings, information). Also, all the words and sentences that are related to your profession. Then translate everything to English. Next, ask a native English speaker, or English teacher to make sure your translations are correct (grammar, punctuation and spelling), and sound polite in English. [Google Translate is a bad idea for this!] Keep those papers or files ready to use when talking with clients.And definitely make sure everything in your profile, gig description, gig extras, buyer requirements - have zero mistakes. Zero!!!Best of luck and I hope you enjoy the process.Hugs, May. 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocks_design Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 Thanks for sharing with community… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mae_creativity Posted September 27, 2016 Author Share Posted September 27, 2016 My pleasure! Thank you for reading and commenting 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idostuff4u Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 You are correct. Communication is the key to success on fiverr.If I were a non English speaker, I would copy most of what you said to use with my buyers. 😃 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mae_creativity Posted September 27, 2016 Author Share Posted September 27, 2016 lol yes… and understanding how each culture communicates DIFFERENTLY. 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gina_riley2 Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 Thank you for sharing. It wiĺl be very useful to many people.I’ve had a hard time understanding some of my sellers. I had one seller that I thought was being rude and threatening me - that God awful language barrier. He was just trying to tell me he needed more time. He delivered the most amazing work, so it all worked out at the end. It was bit frustrating.Half my sellers are great artists from around the world. A little language barrier won’t stop me from hiring them. Only time I demand perfection in written words are from my editors, proofreaders, or content editors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shahrulhairy Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 thank you for sharing! =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mae_creativity Posted September 28, 2016 Author Share Posted September 28, 2016 @idostuff4u ok now I see ur edit : D - so my first response is no longer relevant 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
focusedwriter1 Posted September 28, 2016 Share Posted September 28, 2016 Awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudasiransari Posted September 28, 2016 Share Posted September 28, 2016 👍awesome article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solow13 Posted September 28, 2016 Share Posted September 28, 2016 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golden_jenney Posted September 28, 2016 Share Posted September 28, 2016 yeh this is true smiling face can handle if your word were not effective to manage that situation especially when you are not native English speaker. 🙂Thanks for talk about this topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niezeka Posted September 29, 2016 Share Posted September 29, 2016 Thank you for sharing 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wodesign Posted September 29, 2016 Share Posted September 29, 2016 Wow this is very good thred. Thank you very much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesh_designs Posted September 29, 2016 Share Posted September 29, 2016 Thank you very much for sharing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
logokings123 Posted September 29, 2016 Share Posted September 29, 2016 Nice tips. thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mae_creativity Posted October 1, 2016 Author Share Posted October 1, 2016 @logokings123 - Thank you, May. 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mae_creativity Posted October 1, 2016 Author Share Posted October 1, 2016 @solow13 - il piacere è tutto mio! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mae_creativity Posted October 1, 2016 Author Share Posted October 1, 2016 @mudasiransariBarhiaa mehrbani 🙂 May. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mae_creativity Posted October 1, 2016 Author Share Posted October 1, 2016 @golden_jenney - Boht Boht Shukriya 🙂 May. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mae_creativity Posted October 1, 2016 Author Share Posted October 1, 2016 Hi Yamila,obaṭa stutiyi! (please correct me if I’m wrong)Hugs, May 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mae_creativity Posted October 1, 2016 Author Share Posted October 1, 2016 @jesh_designs -magē satuṭa!(Please correct me if I’m wrong)🙂 May. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mae_creativity Posted October 1, 2016 Author Share Posted October 1, 2016 @focusedwriter1furaha yangu!(Please correct me if I’m wrong)Hugs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mae_creativity Posted October 1, 2016 Author Share Posted October 1, 2016 Thank you 🙂I’d like to say thank you in your native language, but Indonesia has oh so very many! Which one do you use the most?Hugs, May. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mae_creativity Posted October 1, 2016 Author Share Posted October 1, 2016 @shahrulhairydengan senang hati!(Malaysia has soooooo many languages - hope what I wrote is correct…)Thanks, May. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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