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you a message you literally cannot understand! Just because you are
both corresponding in English, it’s not suddenly going to mean that
your recipient understands your language. This might seem obvious,
yet the widespread use of e-mail threads can make a mockery of this
need for clarity.
Read the following e-mail thread starting from bottom to top,
to see how a multilingual thread can lead to confusion:

De: Paul Lederer
À: Harry Brown
Objet: Lead Project A

Hi Harry
Pierre Marceau passed me your request. We’ve contacted Pilar
Lopez as she’s the project manager for this and you’ll find her
e-mail on this below.
Kind regards
Paul

From: Pilar Lopez
To: Paul Lederer
Subject: Lead Project A

Paul,
¡Consigue que me llame!
gracias
Pilar

De: Paul Lederer
À: Pilar Lopez
Objet: Lead Project A