Fair enough, I hear what you are saying and largely agree. However, you do come across as a bit too smug and close-minded. As someone who has done business internationally across/in multiple languages —- I know that I have often/inevitably erred in either pronunciation, grammar and orthography — but good business(wo)men evaluate each other on the terms of the deal and personality, not minor language errors. Good business(wo)men also appreciate efforts linguistic efforts outside of a speaker’s comfort zone.

Lastly, as English is the international language of business, and most of the world doesn’t speak native English — international business English, almost by definition, is fraught with errors. Some minor, some major.

PS Allow me to, good-naturedly, to point out an ironic written error in your comment above:

“In fact, in my career I’ve worked with and traveled to Argentina, Brazil, Japan, and all over Europe.”

Have you really ‘worked with’ Argentina, Brazil, Japan? Have you really ‘worked with’ all over Europe? And have you traveled to ‘all over Europe’?

You should check your verb and preposition agreement a bit more, perhaps?

Thanks for posting a comment — this post was not intended to be mean-spirited. I’m not close-minded about working with people from overseas. In fact, in my career I’ve worked with and traveled to Argentina, Brazil, Japan, and all over Europe.

My point of this blog post was simple: if you want to pitch an American company on using outsourcing, there is a basic standard of language and professionalism that you need to present. I get lots of emails that meet this basic standard: this one was so far off that I found it comical.

I actually do speak another language — Spanish. One of the things that I’ve learned is to know when and where to use my less than perfect Spanish. If I need to send a professional email to someone in Spain or Central America I would certainly make sure that I had it proofed before I sent it along.

Thanks for writing.

Clearly, you don’t speak another language, and moreover, you don’t do/haven’t done business in any another languages — take it from someone who does/has, — it would be behoove you to be more sympathetic. Frankly, this post has you coming across quite base and close-minded, which I hope you are not.

It would be nice to see that people who take the time to send an email promoting their business would make sure they PROOF their letter! HA!