how do people who live permanently in a country whose language they don’t speak get by? /u/bean-supreme No such thing as stupid questions

I got a new job recently and we serve quite a large amount that don’t speak or really understand any English at all. Since we deal with contracts, I often think about and this ask with absolutely no prejudice – how do these people live day to day? What if they have questions at the grocery store or pharmacy? Or need to get an ID and no one at the revenue office speaks their language? Or if contracts are only offered in English, like a car note, how do they know what they’re signing without an interpreter? Is it just practice and caution?

I got a new job recently and we serve quite a large amount that don’t speak or really understand any English at all. Since we deal with contracts, I often think about and this ask with absolutely no prejudice – how do these people live day to day? What if they have questions at the grocery store or pharmacy? Or need to get an ID and no one at the revenue office speaks their language? Or if contracts are only offered in English, like a car note, how do they know what they’re signing without an interpreter? Is it just practice and caution?