[Major_Grooves]

that is pretty much what I mean.

People take what I wrote as an insult to the German language and country. I love Germany, and the language. I learned it and gained German citizenship. I want the country to succeed and do well.

Currently, the business registration process is a hindrance. They should take a leaf from Estonia's book and simplify the process. Including making it possible to navigate the whole process in English.

[blueflow]

Its not an insult to Germany. Its an insult to people from non-english speaking countries. The normal situation for most people across the world is: you go to another country, you don't share any language with the people there, and as the foreigner, there is no option for you but to learn the local language.

You have the privilege of having English as mother tongue, you can go to another random country and you'll have people speak your language. And yet you complain that the foreign authorities don't work in your language. This is what aggravates people on reddit and here.

[sbacic]

> Its an insult to people from non-english speaking countries.

No it is not. It may be an insult to people from larger countries who have been pampered all their life, with all the content they consumed being in their native language, being led to believe that their language is somehow equal to English. It is not.

I am Croatian. I don't expect anyone to learn my language, even if they're coming to live here. In fact, considering how difficult it is, we Croatians usually tell people not to bother. I do expect that when I travel, I can use English, the de-facto lingua franca, to find my way around and communicate with locals. I expect signs and information to be in English. Most amusingly enough, people from smaller countries _get_ this. They understand that if they want to participate in a global society, they need to learn English. People from big countries don't.

[7373737373]

I think you should overthink your aggravation and classification of the want for language compatibility and ease of business as an "insult"

The process of founding a company doesn't have to be as difficult as it is, and the more people can take part in it, the better it is for Germany!

[blueflow]

Its not even half as difficult as the article portrays it to be, most of the issues steam from a lack of research on how to do it.

[7373737373]

I'm glad you found the process easy

[7373737373]

This is an excellent point - if the processes were already digitized, if it wasn't necessary to interact with almost a dozen institutions in person or on paper when founding a company, translation would be trivial, because it would just be a matter of i18n of a website!