language barrier
noun
: a difficulty for people communicating because they speak different languages
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The South Korean team’s meal planning—a microwave appeared from a box to warm up bao one day, prime rib the next—kept up spirits despite the language barrier.
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Bychristian Elliott, science.org, 18 Apr. 2024
ProPublica had found that, due to a language barrier, the Dane County Sheriff’s Office wrongly concluded that the boy’s father, José María Rodríguez Uriarte, was operating a piece of farming equipment that killed 8-year-old Jefferson.
—Melissa Sanchez and Maryam Jameel, Journal Sentinel, 12 Feb. 2024
The soldier drinking tea on a makeshift seat in the anteroom of a Ukrainian Railways train car could only watch so many unsuccessful attempts to latch the door between carriages, whatever the language barrier.
—Joel Gehrke, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 30 June 2024
Hill is receiving care in a small, community hospital in Nettuno, about 40 miles south of Rome, but the language barrier has proven frustrating, Hicks said.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 13 June 2024
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Bychristian Elliott, science.org, 18 Apr. 2024
ProPublica had found that, due to a language barrier, the Dane County Sheriff’s Office wrongly concluded that the boy’s father, José María Rodríguez Uriarte, was operating a piece of farming equipment that killed 8-year-old Jefferson.
—Melissa Sanchez and Maryam Jameel, Journal Sentinel, 12 Feb. 2024
The soldier drinking tea on a makeshift seat in the anteroom of a Ukrainian Railways train car could only watch so many unsuccessful attempts to latch the door between carriages, whatever the language barrier.
—Joel Gehrke, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 30 June 2024
Hill is receiving care in a small, community hospital in Nettuno, about 40 miles south of Rome, but the language barrier has proven frustrating, Hicks said.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 13 June 2024
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“Language barrier.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/language%20barrier. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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