Subject: Which language would you learn?
Posted by: Cymruambyth
Date: Jun 29 09
In an increasingly global economy, it is an advantage to speak more than one language. My son, the IT specialist, has been learning Cantonese and Mandarin, the two major languages of China, because it will be useful to him in the expanding Asian market. Which language do you think it would be important for business people to learn?
Posted by: Cymruambyth
Date: Jun 29 09
In an increasingly global economy, it is an advantage to speak more than one language. My son, the IT specialist, has been learning Cantonese and Mandarin, the two major languages of China, because it will be useful to him in the expanding Asian market. Which language do you think it would be important for business people to learn?
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daver852 
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Very funny, Leslie! Actually, I could understand most of it. Reply #41. Feb 28 10, 1:10 PM |
Jazmee27
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Spanish and French Reply #42. Mar 12 10, 2:33 PM |
stuthehistoryguy
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I wussed out on learning Serbo-Croatian in grad school. I wish I'd internalized it more. Reply #43. Mar 12 10, 7:55 PM |
Redwallcrazy
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I can speak a bit of Indonesian (I can count up to 999 in Indonesian), but I wish I could learn Italian like so much other people I know. Reply #44. Mar 12 10, 8:11 PM |
| daver852
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Italiano e molto facile. Reply #45. Mar 13 10, 12:11 AM |
Bellevue
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Nederlands (Dutch) Reply #46. Jun 27 10, 8:40 PM |
| spamster101
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Spanish Reply #47. Jul 28 10, 10:35 PM |
Creedy
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I learned a bit of German and was considering learning French as well, but stopped because I was afraid those two sections of my brain may declare war on each other. Gaelic Irish would be nice to learn I think, but apparently it's very difficult to master. My first name is in the Gaelic, but nobody at all can pronounce it - including me -so I don't use it. Reply #48. Jul 30 10, 5:36 AM |
| Brinjal
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Espanol Reply #49. Sep 14 10, 4:39 PM |
lout62001
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First and foremost the English language is the most important as it is the language of commerce. I would consider Chinese Mandarin important as well due to the increasing presence of China in the market economy. Reply #50. Sep 22 10, 7:36 AM |
Lochalsh
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L'italiano è molto facile, daver. The definite article is required here, though not directly after a verb referring to speaking: Parlo italiano. Reply #51. Sep 22 10, 9:01 AM |
notaratface
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The same applies for french: Le français, c'est à dire la langue française, est très facile à apprendre, du moins le français parlé, peut-être moins le français écrit... Reply #52. Sep 22 10, 10:02 AM |
| Lochalsh
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D'accord, notaratface, and it's the same way with Spanish and Catalan, and I suppose with all the Romance languages. I just decided not to write a dissertation this time. :) Reply #53. Sep 22 10, 1:17 PM |
Wildisthewind
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Would have to be Latin, then Greek, it does help on FT. Reply #54. Sep 23 10, 10:26 AM |
| Wildisthewind
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Mind you thinking about it English would be a help to me. Reply #55. Sep 23 10, 10:30 AM |
| REDVIKING57
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I've been trying to learn Klingon for years,but it's so difficult to get my tongue around their vowel sounds. And as for finding a native speaker to correct my pronunciation,well......... Reply #56. Sep 23 10, 12:00 PM |
cydonia325
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Just Wall Street firms, but people with fluency in Mandarin, Arabic, Korean, Turkish and Japanese (to a lesser degree) are in very high demand. I did work in simultaneous translation (Russian and German), but those jobs no longer exist. I don't find French to be very useful; it is a beautiful language, but I rarely use it. Reply #57. Sep 23 10, 1:46 PM |
| Lochalsh
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Cyd, does that mean you don't recite Baudelaire and Rimbaud as you take your nocturnal promenades around the subterranean confines of your house? What missed opportunities for drama! :) Reply #58. Sep 23 10, 2:17 PM |
| cydonia325
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Paul, You could always start with the Klingon Drinking Song, which ends with the requisite head butt: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTuD6xf-ync Reply #59. Sep 23 10, 2:56 PM |
| cydonia325
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Lochalsh, lol, no I prefer to recite Sartre during my nocturnal perambulations; existentialism lends itself so well to sleepwalking in the basement, especially Huis Clos (since I lost the key to the outside door). I have also been known to riff on Subterranean Homesick Blues in Danish, but it needs some work. ;) Reply #60. Sep 23 10, 3:04 PM |
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