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New research says that language barriers are back science around the world. English widely accepted to be the language of science, but one-third of research is not in English. This a lot of important research is not or read by scientists and researchers. The research from the University of Cambridge. Researchers said important science is missed at the international level. They said science journals should basic summaries of a study's key findings in multiple languages. They also universities around the world should their research into different languages, especially Chinese, French, Portuguese and Spanish.

Many international companies are now all their staff to only in English. They hope this will language barriers. The German carmaker Volkswagen has just that English and not German is its official language. VW executives said the switch to English was to employees. The Japanese carmaker Honda has also that all its staff must English by 2020. Researcher Tatsuya Amano said: "I the scientific community needs to seriously tackling this issue." He used the example that important research about avian flu in China initially went unnoticed by the World Health Organization because it was in journals in Chinese.

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