From PhilPapers forum Continental Philosophy:

2009-10-05
The analytic/continental divide
Reply to Derek Allan
Well, the two years is what I think it would take to catch on to what these folks are talking about. I'm emeritus, I have no institutional impediments.
The divide is chiefly intellectual. Very different projects, very different ways of expressing themselves.Very hard to understand a lot of this stuff
and when I do, I'm not necessarily interested.
I work in Asian philosophy along with analytic stuff. No problems there. If I may say so, after repeated efforts to bridge the gap,
it's certainly thinkable that it isn't worth bridging. As mentioned, a number of the most interesting ideas in Continental philosophy
have already entered analytic philosophy. There may not be enough interest to folks on both sides to warrant the
effort.  Nothing prevents individual scholars from digging into Being and Time.
A serious effort at mass bridging is likely to bore all concerned, however..  People
may not have all that much to say to each other, even if they learn to speak each
other's language. My bet is that things are alright as they are.

No, it isn't going to come from the other side. I've taught in Europe. I think people in Continental there are less interested in talking to
Analytic philosophers than we are in talking to them, and learning analytic methods
is very hard to do. Very few people are going to spend years getting up to speed in another tradition that doesn't much interest them.

Best wishes, Jim