What Job Can I do With Foreign Language Skills?
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- A lot of language enthusiasts have been asking me what kind of job or career they can do using foreign languages. It`s a great question! In this video I give you some possible answers, but hopefully the Langfocus viewers will share their knowledge too!
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Langfocus, I know that you mentioned technical jobs and mentioned the fellow you met who is the engineer. I can easily see that skill of his being an asset, but because they are focusing on that machinery specifically, I feel it might be a bit more proprietary that way. I certainly don’t want to sound like I see my way as any better, but I want to be able to learn some languages for my job in the future. Most foreseeably I am going to be a biochemist/biochemical scientist and I was wanting to learn languages to aid in the job but also to learn the language for the science too. I know that is a lot to try and learn, but I want to do it to be able to increase my rapport with other researchers of foreign backgrounds. I know English is a widely used language for science, but I figure doing this would likely leave my collaborators more receptive to me as they wouldn’t need to so much meet my needs since I could accommodate to theirs. I wouldn’t plan to live in some of these countries for years, but maybe for periods if work called for it. You also mentioned lifestyle maybe necessitating it, and I wanted to say I would like to travel to the countries I learned or studied the languages of, which is only natural, but sometime later in life. What is your take on this if I tried doing it for a couple other languages, is there a good enough reward to warrant doing it for the first or even second purpose? I will learn them anyways, but I figure I should ask if my intent was thought out enough to learn them for that purpose. What’s your take?
@Langfocus Thanks for this video.I am about to graduate with a Phd in petroleum engineering degree and i do really wish to use at least some of my language (5) skills rather than staying in front of computer and not communicating with anyone.
Is business or international business suitable for me as a better option or i should think about another option?,Thanks.
learn foreign languages, be a polyglot, do youtube channel
ASL.
Hi from Puerto Rico 🇵🇷
How and where can I learn latin ... guide me please
Another job is become a youtuber and make videos about languages.
What he does is valuable.
@@pani777 True ,hate the game not the player's .😉
300 IQ
Great point. This is exactly what I'm doing right now 👊👊👊😎
I think i used to watch videos of a guy who had the idea already, and did it successfully!
I´ve done/do I lot of things you quoted. I am a freelance translator/interpreter and have also worked as a language teacher at university level. Currently I work in sales and use English, Japanese, Spanish, Chinese and Korean on a daily basis and from time to time German. Cheers!!
what a life! I'm very envious of your skills and lifestyle. Cheers!
Thanks man!! I´m glad I´ve been using most of the languages I have studied. My new challenge now is to study Cantonese and get my Dutch to be a spoken language because I only use it to read.
What kind of stuff do you translate from/for Japanese?
I translate mostly automobile/machinery related content since I worked in some big companies such as Honda Motors and Mitsubishi Electric as a full-time translator. Recently I have been doing more general and document-related translations.
Have a great day!!!
Hola compa!! Soy brasileño!! Saludos desde Japón!!!
I worked as a hotel front desk clerk, knowing several languages was very helpful for the guests. I know that police officers will want to know Spanish or the other local languages to help the community. Also, there are companies that work over the phone.
Cathy North what age did you start learning your first L2?
I live in the US, in a rural area of the south. One would think that I don't need a foreign language for non-linguistic jobs, but one would be wrong. If you work in service, knowing Spanish-- the most common first language of immigrants in the area-- definitely puts me ahead of my competitors in the job market. Y, porque uso su idioma primera en conversacion, mis clientes conocen que son imortantes a mi.
you speak terrible spanish. Im sure any employer would hire an ilegal immigrant over you if they needed someone speaking spanish
Aleksandr Vladimirov You need to remember that Spanish is not his first language. The point is that he has good intentions to communicate and connect with native speakers of practice. As a Spanish learner as well, there is nothing more demoralizing than someone putting you down when you've tried so hard.
Aleksandr Vladimirov you're an idiot if you're not making mistakes you're not learning a language. Second every employer in the world would rather teach an American with limited for skills then teach a native speaker with limited english skills. It's the stupidest comparison I've ever seen
J. T. Hartzfeld I worked construction here in California. Picked up quite a bit of Spanish. Learned I didn't like the workers either.
Aleksandr Vladimirov what would you assume all Spanish are illegal
In USA I’m Spanish and I’m citizen
Since 20 years ago
Please get info before you opinions
im 14 and really starting to consider what career i want to pursue in the future so this was really helpful to me. thanks c:
eoeooeeooeoe hi hey! I am a 16 year old and this video is a great help! :)
Me too I'm 15
Im 13
Welcome to the teenager language fan club
皆は言葉が好きです
Isnt it early for u to decide im, 21 and i still habe doubts
Learn to speak four or more languages, join a diplomatic corps, travel around the world with style and with influential people.
+Lily O'Connell Get a college degree in a field for which there is a high demand and then go to work for an international company in that field. I got a degree in Chemical Engineering and worked in Belgium and Germany for a major chemical company. I am fluent in both German and French and can get along in Flemish (Dutch). These languages helped me do my job, they were not my joy. You need a skill.
+Lily O'Connell same I'm 17 and I know 3 languages. I want to be a major in psychology to help people who is struggling. :)
+Lily O'Connell same I'm 17 and I know 3 languages. I want to be a major in psychology to help people who is struggling. :)
@Lily O'Connell I know it is an old comment, but I would suggest you trying to find a job at an embassy
@@dimitrasamara5084 I'm a physicist. I'm a native Portuguese speaker and I also speak both English and Spanish. I work at an international engineering company and I constantly use my language skills while co working with engineers, mathematicians, programmers and physicists from other countries.
Langfocus is awesome!
This channel has opened me up to languages, I’m a native Brit who goes to Spain a lot, I’ve just started learning Spanish.🇪🇸 🇪🇸🇬🇧🇪🇸🇪🇸
I have been using Madrigals magic keys to Spainish, a Spanish Udemy course (109 hours), Spotify podcasts & music, Netflix Spanish TV shows, Spanish ebooks & UA-cam videos.
Thanks 🙏 for the great content it’s has genuinely got me learning Spanish as a 2nd language.
"As more languages you know, as more times you are a human being!" (c)
Amen to that! Learning Spanish from coworkers taught me this pretty quickly. It's amazing how language can be an immediate display of unity, respect, and diplomacy.
The more languages you know the more human being you are.
Learning another language opens up a whole part of the world to you.
I still don't know what I want to do after watching this video:(
Miabeille the same thing 😔
Watch BTS 😂
Soumi Merzoug 😂😂
Miabeille learn korean as a hobby.😉 when you meet bts, they will be surprised.😊
Colorful Eat. 사랑해요 오빠 haha I'm already learning it
I've heard two things about working in translation:
1) Most translators actually only translate documents from their L2 INTO their L1. Less mistakes happen this way. An obvious exception is in some East Asian countries where such translators are harder to come by or more expensive. One thing I do with my advanced English classes is to take photos of bad English translations around town and discuss ways to correct/improve them with my students.
2) Try to find a niche for your translation skills. For example, if you majored in biology, you would have an easier time finding work translating biology texts or papers.
I'm glad you mentioned learning Cantonese for those who want to stay in Hong Kong, cos many people assume that Hongkongers speak Mandarin or they simply get by with speaking only English, while they miss the chance to get to know the local culture and to blend in.
And the schools don't teach Cantonese at all
One more thing. One important language related job is if you work in the intelligence services
+anoitedfighter
You mean like a spy ??
+a- Babunji Like an interviewer, analyst etc.
+iyoossaev
Ohhh.....good to know
+a- Babunji
The CIA for example actively looks for people who meet certain criteria, such as being smart in general, and having some proficiency at various languages. If they are interested in you, they send you a letter asking you to take a few tests to see where you could work within the CIA, where you answer questions such as "you're breaking into an office building to steal a file. List all the things you have to do to minimize the chance that you will be caught." If you score well enough on that test, the CIA asks you to be an operative.
Liam Griffin
WOW....how did you know about this informations ???
This is a great video...A teaching job that a language dabbler can do is USBC - US - Brazil Connect. If you are American and a Native English Speaker you can teach English in Brazil for 1-2 months with this program. It's an emersion based language learning program so you don't need any foreign language experience (thought it's obviously helpful and will help you get more out of the trip but they don't require it).
A friend I worked with in Brazil went and taught English in China shortly after. He had German language experience but didn't speak Portuguese or Chinese. I had a basic understanding or Hindi, Urdu, Spanish and sign language but nothing of Portuguese prior to teaching English in Brazil...
I appreciate you giving an accurate job description of cabin attendant as a security expert and not a service expert!
Great video, Paul. Always wanted to know that question as well.
i'm studying translating and interpreting... I LOVE IT, but i'm afraid when it comes to interpreting i might forget a term :(
+1725Ale Paraphrase! :)
Waw ! We are at the same department. What is your native language?
spanish
1725Ale Great! would you practice your English with me? I'm Turkish :D
1725Ale which language did you choose?
Thank you for a very interesting episode! I speak 9 languages just because I love learning languages and I'm gonna definitely take advantage of that!
+Michał Muszyński Great! You absolutely should!
I'm looking forward a video about the French language, especially the differences in accent, vocabulary and pronunciation among francophone African countries.
You've done it again! When I worked long ago, I travelled around the world on research ships. During my off time onboard I would study the language of the country where our ship would stop over for refueling, stocking etc. I usually had a week to be a tourist and enjoyed practicing my poor Japanese, French, Spanish, Portuguese etc. I learned more by helping my children with their high school language courses (the Romance languages cited above). Japanese is one I would love to conquer.
In addition to that, working in a call center of a mobile provider, providing assistance to English speaking people in non-English country is also the job to explore
I am learning German because I find those countries have super strong economic and international ties with America. In my area of New Jersey Spanish, Portugese, and French (Creole typically from Haiti) have a major minority language influence.
@6:39 The guy writing Arabic is actually a professor at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia, USA. His name is Dr. Honerkamp. I was an Arabic major at the University of Georgia and he was my professor. I graduated years ago from UGA. I hope Dr. Honerkamp is still alive, doing well, and contributing to the field of Arabic and Islamic studies.
In the six months that I've worked in a public assistance office I've heard a lot of Spanish (of course since I'm in Texas,) but also Farsi, Arabic, Hungarian, Romanian, Vietnamese, Mandarin Chinese, and Hindustani
Bethany Jordan how interesting. Im getting a masters degree in social work and in my area spanish and french creole are widely spoken. im learning spanish right now but next would like to learn french and others.
I started my computer science college this year, and English is really needed to become a good programmer, because of the best materials for study are made in English. Luckily, I already learned English on internet, but I think the more languages you know the more different customers you can get, so learning language is a good thing I think
PLEASE do a video about the Uralic languages.
Can Finnish people understand Hungarian people?
+Yunus Altintas YES that would be great!
+Yunus Altintas No, Finns do not understand Hungarian and Hungarian people do not understand Finnish.
As a native Finnish speaker, I can confirm what Liisa commented.
Liisa3139 But I think they can understand Estonian.
Ryan Hughes Yup!
Great video. I live in India and here to teach in schools one needs to have a diploma degree with a minimum of B2 level. But to become a professor one needs to have a B.A,M.A as min.qualification. I love Spanish language and aspire to become a Spanish teacher... wish me luck!!! :)
I'm 16 my native language is arabic
My English is ok and currently I'm self teaching German because Im planning to go there to work as a dentist :)
wish me luck guys :))))))))
What about learning languages as a hobby?
That's a good reason too. I'm learning French slowly as a hobby and trying to improve my Russian for professional work and life here in Russia.
Justin Davis same Spanish is my hobbies but Korean major
Very good reason. Im learning chinese justo for Fun. 😁
디 트렐DetrellTV . Me: improving my English (hobby)
But iam learning korean because of kpop and Kdrama.
This video is spot on.
Either you focus on one language and become an expert in it, or you learn more languages that you won't be an expert in, but then you need a job to make use of those skills and they become an accessory to that job rather than a focus. No professional field is prepared by only learning languages.
An example of a job that does not specifically require knowing another language, but it's certainly a plus if you can speak another one is being a school teacher. For example, English is pretty much the national language of the United States, but there are some areas where there are high Spanish-speaking populations. The school may not require you to speak another language other than English, but knowing Spanish in those areas would certainly be helpful and make you an asset to the school.
Your voice is so satisfying honestly , thanks for your hard work though.
Hello Paul, if possible could you make a video on inflection in terms of languages and how different languages have different levels of inflection?
I'm surprised nobody mentionned receptionist :D From 2 to 5 stars speaking english and the language of the country you're working in, is mandatory. I really like your videos, very intertaining and informative. Keep up the good work!
I love both languages and physics. I'd love to study physics but also learn a lot of languages and become a hyperpolyglot, but I think it's impossible to learn tons of languages without studying a language-related career, so I don't know what to do
It's not impossible, it just takes a long time and you have to be motivated for each language you choose to learn. Just pick whatever language you're most interested in and start with that, once you get to a decent level you can try picking up another, and then another if you want. If you keep doing that then after 10 - 15 years you'll be a hyperpolyglot. You don't need to study a language-related career to learn languages, I'm a physics PhD student but my main hobby is language learning.
@@christiandimaria3420 Thank you mate! I've been studying German and Russian for a couple of months and I'm planning to start learning another one in a few weeks.
@@isaacsolano5231 Nice! I hope your language learning goes well, it's a ton of fun.
we have the same scenario! my top 2 favorite classes are physics and language classes, and i also want to be a polygot. im not sure what career i should follow, whether language related or physics. i also want to travel alot. you wrote this comment a year ago, but can i ask, has anything changed for you> did you find any new paths your more interested in, or have you found a job you want to do? are you still interested in languages? and hows language learning going for you?
I am surprised there was no mention of a linguist! I know that linguists study the sciences of languages and not languages themselves, but even still languages can really help a linguist in his/her field(s) of study in linguistics.
1- Translator or interpreter.
2- You can also translate.
3- It is even possible to translate.
4- You can get a job as translator, as well.
5- Oh! And you can work turning words from one language into another, too!
Previously I thought career prospect for foreign language learner is just interpreter, translator or teacher. Thank you for the insight~
In many countries like Philippines, India or even Mexico, speaking a foreign language could be very useful to get a job in costumer service. I know this is not the kind of job that someone would like to do forever, but in some countries, being bilingual in a call/contact center pays better than having a degree.
A teacher in a bilingual program is another job a person could do. Basically you are teaching a subject other than English, such as math or science. You teach the subject in English but provide translations of the vocabulary and concepts of the subject being taught and occasionally explain something a difficult concept in the language of the students. Usually the object of the class is for the students to develop fluency in English, so you don't have to be perfectly fluent in the students' language. Usually the students are from one target language, such as Spanish or Chinese speakers.
It also helps to learn the language of your employees (so you know what they're saying about you).
I don't want to have a language related job, but I love learning languages and I want to become a hyper-polygot, and also travel to different places
Hi Paul, how are you? Well, I think that you could make a specific video about the languages most useful in academic areas as social sciences. I'm a geographer and I speak french and english, but I need to study one third language. Thanks a lot!
English comes at top anyway, except in science and physics which German and Latin are prevalent
I love your channel! Thanks!
A big example of not required but helpful is Medicine. While it is possible to practice medicine only speaking English, many American doctors learn spanish to communicate with patients
Yes but I keep stressing under here that medical interpretation is a serious career. This is life or death. I see people recommending their teen followers ask a doctor if they can interpret for free when legally, they should already have CERTIFIED interpreters under federal law. I have seen a patient die because they used a lay interpreter that thought "intoxicado" meant "drunk" and not "poisoned"
really nice work youre doing with this channel , man
Awesome video! I got my bachelors in Linguistics and minor in Education to teach English as a second language!
I'd think learnings new languages is not just about getting a job or position here and there. I'd think it affects your life indirectly for the most part. It generally improves your lifestyle by making it easier. You get to know new people, new ideas, new lives and finally if someday you wanna take advantage of that, you'll be far ahead of your competitors. I know one of my friends could make lots of cash by just knowing Arabic and therefore attracting Arab clients just because they had fun talking with him. And the surprising part is, his work doesn't demand knowing any language but English (he's a Designer). But this knowledge has become an asset simply cause other Designers have no command of Arabic. Long story short, knowing languages can come as asset where you don't expect it. That's why i always say "learn languages to expand your horizon in life not bank acount!" BTW thanks a lot for wonderful and awesome materials you always share via your channel. Lots of cheers from Irannnnnnnnnn👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👌👌👌👌👌👌
Embassy jobs usually require language skills and/or the ability to learn new languages quickly- at least to achieve a conversational level of language.
In the realm of teaching, it goes beyond just teaching language. For example, I'm a bilingual elementary teacher. I teach math, reading, writing, science, etc. I teach half the day in English and half the day in Spanish. The majority of my students speak Spanish as their first language. When you teach younger kids, you don't have to be native-like in your ability. However, you should be to an advanced level, at least.
i was hoping you mention Community service but missed it. I have been working in Community Service e. g Case manger, intake worker with settlement program.
Every year big number of refugees, partner visa etc Coming to Australia i have been using all the language i spoke like Hazaragi, Dari ,Persian, some Bahasa and of course English Alost daily with clients.
Thanks , to your inspiring video as always.
Thanks for adding that!
You don't have to go aboard to learn another language with native speakers. If you live in a country with several languages like Belgium (where I live) or Switzerland. You basically just have to go and live nearby the linguistic border. If you do so, your work will also be requiring the knowledge of the other language and help you to improve your skills daily.
Around 6 millions of belgians speak dutch (in Vlanderen), around 4.5 millions speak french (like me, in Wallonia and most of Brussels), around 100 hundred speak german near the border with Germany. These are the three official languages of Belgium. I used to live near the german linguistic border, at 10 km from my house, speaking at least a bit of german was mandatory to work.
Where does she come from in France ? She should propably know that ;-)
Categories of skilled & licenced intepreters include - legal (court rooms, police work ), medical (in E.R.s) , documentary film makes, exotic tour guides etc.
what about just working in countries where that language is spoken? if you are a nurse, math teacher, architect, electric technician, etc you can work wherever you can speak as a native and display at least the same level of skills the local employers seek.
In Bilingual countries they give you way more money for the same job if you speak the 2 languages
I'm a translator and I wish all of you good luck on your journey to find a language job that's fun for you.
I wanna be one too bjt everyone says it isnt worth it bc of technology and that they earn very little and have not much job opportunities...
@@aperson1004 I finished my studies as a English German Translator in 2019. Since then I'm working part time in an office and part time I'm freelancing in translations from home. I think it takes its time to build a business in tranlations, but it's not impossible. Technology is here to help translators. There are companies all over the world that need translations daily. So if you want to become a translator, I think you should follow your dreams.
@@LearnGermanwithMarzipanfrau That is such a reassuring thing to see. I too would like to eventually become a translator but many say that this profession only rewards a low percentage of those who join the industry. Do you think French/English/Japanese would hold value on the market and if living solely off of translating those would be possible?
@@mitsuhaha5574 Thank you! That means a lot to me. :) My people weren't excited either when I told them about my plans to become a translator. But now I'm freelancing part time and do translations and proofreadings. I love it.
Journalism is worth mentioning as well. Language skills are quite relevant there
Thanks for giving your suggetion
I'm a professional translator since the 80's, holding a chemical engineering degree, but nowadays specializing in medicine, broadly taken. Let's assume that you want to cooperate with me or get a job in my company, and present your university degree in translation studies. My first question always is, what do you know? Inbox decluttered. Harsh as my question might seem, a useful applicant would understand that my first and foremost criterion is that they have a deep knowledge of subject matters, from applicable degrees or several years of qualified hands-on experience. I'm not interested in somebody who produces excellent translations of Shakespeare or Goethe or whatever source language might be needed, but has no idea of how a hospital/industry chemistry laboratory smells. (I qualify...) I've seen misunderstandings in test texts that might have been close to lethally dangerous, because the aspiring translator just had dictionary knowledge.
Then, second criterion: excellent command of the target language (so that the output is sufficiently comprehensible to that poor person exposed to a drug or gadget in one hand and the instructions in the other hand).
Thirdly: Enough insights in the source language to understand what's supplied. No need for years of university studies of that language - they for example certainly won't teach the specific vocabulary you need. A useful factor that's impossible to measure is a twisted sense of humour. Why? Because some source text are so poorly written that you have to guess what they are supposed to mean. Having a developed sense for puns and other kinds of double meanings really helps (should also be useful for other fields of interest).
In many if not most specialized fields, you should try cooperating with a translation agency. You won't have to hunt for prospects, and the agency absorbs any credit risks from poor payers. Once you qualify, you stand a fair chance of having a profitable and interesting professional life. If you're really REALLY ambitious, you might be able to hunt out customers of your own, which just might result in a higher price per word, but nowadays my impression is that interestingly large projects normally get translated in so many languages at the same time that you as an individual just can't handle the administration. Agencies can, but the they often require that you invest in some not too cheap software. Others provide corporate software with varying steep learning curves.
If you're still not discouraged, welcome to a very interesting and rewarding profession!
Working in an multinational company often requires knowing a foreign language or two as well; jobs like tech support, back office, customer care etc; ( for example tech support for rich countries like the UK or Germany are often outsourced to poorer areas such as Eastern Europe where the labour is cheaper). So if you know the foreign language, you can find a decent job relatively easy in there.
I work in the film television industry, I also teach in film schools screenwriting and do some research in this field. English of course is the main language you should know, specially to understand texts that are in English or films or shows that are not dubbed or subtitled. But other languages are also useful, specially the ones with great film and television industries or with a lot of texts or articles about this subject. For example French, Italian, German, Russian, Swedish and Danish. I know myself some of these languages, some of them pretty well and some I can read and understand the meaning. I suppose Chinese, Korean, Japanese or Hindi are important if you're interested in one these cinemas.
I like learning languages just for fun. If it came in handy in my teaching career down the road, then why not.
I already have creative introductions to different languages in school international days.
Thanks for your videos Langfocus. :)
Paul could you please make a video where you speak all the languages that you know? That would be really interesting. Thank you
In my church, there is an interpreter who translates the speech in Spanish.
I wanna be a Interpreter. but I don't know how to start.
There's a lot of competition for interpreting contracts. You'd be well advised to stop using expressions such as "wanna" if you want to improve your chances.
Very informative!
Is nice to know multiple languages but even if you know the language very well there is another level that will leave you scratching your head (the locals slang) and that is not written in books & the locals keeps that a secret from the foreigners they even go to lengths by translating it wrong for you so they can get a chuckle when you try to use slang in a conversation but eventually you'll learn the right way if you stay long enough.
Me: *Interpretor for my weeb friends*
Great video! Though I'm not sure if this is true, but since I am working to be a programmer in the future, I think that learning languages would probably improve the comprehension of programming languages, after all, they're still to some extent languages, so I think that might help.
+Garirry I've seen some interesting conversations about programming languages vs spoken languages on Polyglot groups on FB...you may enjoy posing a question on one of them.
Thank you for summary of the topic. I gave it a lot of thought and got to similar conclusions. Can you make an updated video in case you got some new ideas? For example working at foreign company in your home country. For example Korean company (like KIA) in Slovakia?
the most difficult part and the thing takes most time be the assimilation of culture, modisms and local town
phraseology, awaaaaaaaaay from classical dictionaries
I'm studying to become an engineer and (apart from my mother language) I can speak German and English and it gives me an opportunity to spend next year studying in Germany. )
You forgot to mention to work in a call center, maybe is a low income, but here in Nicaragua is a big deal, and for it is necesary to have a good English level.
great video! really helpful :)
+niels dijkstra Thanks! I'm glad to hear that!
I would like to learn arabic, but i don't think it would help much with my first planned carrer. but with the adult job i would like, arabic would be a HUGE asset.
I'm currently studying to translate English and Spanish into French. I'd love to add some more languages down the line, too.
I have two comments from my experiences looking for work in this field. Most translation jobs involve technical materials so you would probably need some familiarity with science or whatever field it deals with. Second, in category two you should add librarianship and publishing where certain jobs in those fields require language reading proficiency.
I speak and write dutch and English
right now I learn italian, because I like italian views, music, sounds of italian...but I don't know what kind if a profession I can work with that language, I thought about buying clothes of italian fashion, but I don't have taste in clothes at all. And I can't be a cook of italian cuisine because I can't cook. What else? Embarrassed, but I like to learn italian, this is a really beautiful language
Ilang buwan kang nanirahan sa pilipinas? At anong bagay ang pinaka nagustuhan mo sa pag bisita mo?
Native tagalog speaker here. And trying to learn Japanese coz i really love how it sounds.
Medical and court interpretation
Good video, mate.
you can be a native english speaker and teach your labguge to no english speakers. coz english is. a high demand across the world.
Great video! Really insightful. Have you ever visited Bali by the way?
The languages, such as Finnish, Sinhalese, Flemish, etc., I am interested in are because I want to access that particular culture more deeply. As an office clerk, I never felt motivated to learn another language. For me, foreign languages is a way to burst through the U.S. cultural bubble and the monotony of daily life.
I wanna be linguist, philolgist, heraldic, paleographist, fonolgist & historian;
this video was gret for me, i think is a perpective of a experience in this kind of jobs and what do you do in diferent levels in a company, so we can try to teach another lenguages if is necessary.
Thanks Paul, this is actually a very inspiring video.
I've always liked the idea of teaching a language (either Dutch or English), and I'm sure it wouldn't be difficult to find a job like that where I live, even without a degree. But... I have no idea if I'm a teacher kind of type. There's so much I know, but at the same time I'm very clumsy and forgetful.
Tell me, Paul, how did you figure out teaching was the job for you? :)
+Marco Murkrow that's a good question you have to ask yourself, teaching is REALLY not for everybody.
English is the "most important" language in the global era, and does not mean that you do not need any foreign language other than English. No matter how minor a language is, if you want to work for a region that uses that language, that language is absolutely necessary.
I live in Austria ,I have a bachelor degree in Anglistik and I speak 4 languages but no jobs
Thank you.
A translator is kind of my backup if this whole engineering thing doesn't work out.
u will just get a new sub for ur amazing videos
+Adonim Rana Great! Thanks for subscribing.
+Langfocus any time , but keep going .
You forgot, call center jobs, for instance in Colombia a person who speaks English could get a better job as a call center worker
I really admire interpreters that talk in one language while they're listening to another. That's multitasking on a high level!
Not always. Sometimes the brain doesn't have to translate
They need to train a lot I think
Yeah definitely something they gotta get use to but for me seeing as I grew up speaking English and Spanish it’s as simple as flipping a coin for me lol
Not really, when you dominate the language your brain doesn't even register what you hear as other language
Being fluent in Russian, That is still so hard for me!
Here, some jobs you missed:
1. Bilingual dictionary author;
2. Spy;
3. Border control agent;
4. Customs agent;
5. Interpol agent;
6. Religious leader;
7. President;
8. Astronaut;
9. Software internationalisation specialist (not necessarily developer);
10. UA-cam language channel owner.
spy😂
*President* lol trump isn't even fluent in English so can cross that one off
My knowledge in Alien has helped me so much while working as an astronaut!
@@ayalpollak9448 since space travel is an international thing you need to be able to read the instruments and communicate with your colleges. there is allot of Russian influence in space travel and i think most astronauts are required to learn at least the basics.
President of Brazil, Bolsonaro, doesn’t even speak English, lol
Best language for a programmer: Javanese. Then you can move to Java, speak Javanese, and write Java programs.
+mfaizsyahmi. not bad, not bad, decent joke, here's your like, well deserved
+mfaizsyahmi. hehe now that was funny :D
+mfaizsyahmi. and when you are bored Java applications you can move to web development in JavaScript.
+mfaizsyahmi. LOL if I'm counting the programming languages I speak I'm already a polygot
LOL! xD
Steps to becoming rich:
Step 1- Learn Spanish
Step 2- Move to Los Angeles
Step 3- Become an English teacher
Step 4- Enjoy your new mansion
1-Be a not native english speaker
2- Learn English
3-Teach your language to native English speakers (Americans, English, etc)
4-??????
5-Profit
+Guilherme Frainer Sounds like a plan! Or a nearly complete one. :)
Although it may sound like a good plan, it is only feasible if your native language is one of the world's major languages, like Mandarin, Spanish, Arabic, French, Russian, etc... If you speak a language like Hungarian, Portuguese, Greek, Urdu or anything along these lines, you won't find many native English speakers willing to learn it.
+Pedro Piascentini It would probably require you to go the academic route, get a Phd, and build expertise and authority in that language. You could be a professor of that language and its literature.
Pedro Piascentini I'd just like to add taht Portuguese IS one of the world's major languages
Anyone wanna learn Swedish? :3