Technical communicators need to know about international environments because a lot of product advertising takes place internationally, in addition to texts being translated. Culture plays a huge role in the impact that advertising has on a consumer; there are different cultural cues that are necessary for information to be considered credible overseas. Therefore, it is very beneficial for technical communicators to have foreknowledge of different cultures, not to mention being able to speak other languages. This is important for translators as well, who play a huge role in international communication. There is often different rhetoric that appeals to audiences in different places. This also brings about how necessary collaboration is for technical communicators; for a product that is being marketed worldwide, technical communicators need to work together to share their knowledge of different cultures and effective marketing techniques. I am curious as to how technical communicators come to gain experience with different cultures, and how that effects the jobs that will be made available to them.