(I hate nationalistic stereotyping, but all the same I did always love this joke/guide to workplace culture):

You've just finished your report, which happens to absolutely awful in every way. You send copies to each of your colleagues and later today, talk to each of them about their thoughts.

American colleague: Good job! Excellent! Great piece of work!

English colleague: Some great material in here. A few parts might benefit from a rewrite, but its a great start.

French colleague: I think we can probably use a lot of this, but there are substantial parts that really need rewriting.

German colleague: This is pretty terrible. A few parts are ok, perhaps, but it needs a complete rewrite.

Israeli colleague: This is shit. We'll get someone else to do it.