What do you do about foreigners?

First, to clarify: I don't bean all foreigners. I mean the ones who speak a different language. My clan is set to international because really, I don't have a problem with foreigners. However, when they don't speak English it makes it difficult to impossible to communicate with them. My question is, is it appropriate to kick someone for not speaking the language? What if you have another member that speaks both the foreign language and the language used by other members of the clan (English in my case)? Just wondering because I had this situation crop up tonight where they came in and posted a bunch but I couldn't communicate with them. I believe they're from another members' country but can't be sure since they weren't online at the time. Thanks!

If we cant communicate with them at all then it's the boot :/

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Originally Posted by kartikeya2010

If we cant communicate with them at all then it's the boot :/

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I always attempt to use Google Translate to help explain to them the situation. Also helps to get members that speak different languages or learn some yourself. I know English and Spanish with a little bit of French. It helps sometimes, but Translate is always there. :smirk:

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Originally Posted by Cheeserman

I always attempt to use Google Translate to help explain to them the situation. Also helps to get members that speak different languages or learn some yourself. I know English and Spanish with a little bit of French. It helps sometimes, but Translate is always there. :smirk:

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Yep we attempt translate, but either then they leave or just don't respond for a week or so, leading to the boot

Thanks for the advice. I think he was there to get a former member back (said member had joined us earlier and then gone back and forth between his old clan and ours), because they both left after a while. But that's not a bad idea. I actually did try Google Translate, though it wasn't working very well for me. I actually do speak Spanish and French and a little German, so I can handle those languages fine. Bengali...not so much. Plus from what I could tell Google would have put it in a different alphabet all together, so...that wasn't going to work.

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Originally Posted by Lett

Thanks for the advice. I think he was there to get a former member back (said member had joined us earlier and then gone back and forth between his old clan and ours), because they both left after a while. But that's not a bad idea. I actually did try Google Translate, though it wasn't working very well for me. I actually do speak Spanish and French and a little German, so I can handle those languages fine. Bengali...not so much. Plus from what I could tell Google would have put it in a different alphabet all together, so...that wasn't going to work.

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I think if you include "Must be able to communicate in English" in your clan description, you have provided a fair disclaimer to warrant removal of a player who cannot communicate with the clan.

If a new member doesn't understand the rules then we don't keep them. If they understand the rules and follow them, we don't mind if they are not contributing to the banter in clanchat. That's how we draw the line.

We have several folks from East Asian time zones in our clan who's first language is -not- English.
It requires a little more effort and patience to get things understood on both sides, but it is doable.
Try slowing down, and use less slang & abbreviations until everyone is familiar with them. Every clan
develops its own language after a while. (:
Honestly, we have more trouble between the British and US based members some days. lol

Thanks for the replies guys! As I mentioned earlier the member ended up leaving, but who knows? May come in handy again sometime. Hopefully we'll have people who can chat with those who don't speak the language as others--I don't like kicking if people unless people aren't following clan rules, and I don't really want to discriminate based on language if I can help it...

Over the years we have had non English speaking members join our clan and even when we had a member or two that spoke their language the barrier was still there and eventually they moved onto another clan. I kinda wished they would stay but I guess I understand their side too.