Practical Diplomacy, Friday, April 5, 2019

[sith_happened]

'"Right, so when you're conducting high level diplomacy, you will be assigned either a protocol droid--if such things exist in your galaxy--or a translator," Anakin began, "so you're not required to speak all of the languages in the known universe. However, I find it helpful to at least know some of the basic, especially if the negotiations are especially crucial."

He waved his hand at the board, where he'd listed a few phrases he found useful. "Here are some of mine: hello, goodbye, thank you, please, bathroom, idiot, kill them and make it look like an accient."

He then turned his attention to the class. "What would you add to the list?"

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Re: Answer the question

[justice_undone]

Breq had always felt that those of her officers who decided to learn other languages did a lot better work during annexations, said:

"Your food is delicious. That was a delightful performance. You have no reason to worry."

Re: Answer the question

[sith_happened]

"I especially like 'you have no reason to worry'," Anakin said. "That can be used multiple ways--both as a threat and as an actual piece of reassurance."

Re: Answer the question

[justice_undone]

"Yes," Breq said. "Gestures is also a culturally defined expression that should be taken into consideration. And facial expressions."

The advantage of having to pay attention to using that generally was that learning different ones was easier.