Pauloz
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 Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 11:37 pm Post subject: |
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Isaac-
Don't want to rain on your parade, but strongly suggest don't try this approach.
You might get some contracts in English, but if you want permanent work, it's not a good idea not to be able to speak the languages.
In your line of work, numbers are a language, but in the sciences, languages like French and German are highly idiomatic.
I speak a bit of French and German, and I can tell you that in the sciences, getting it wrong really isn't an option. They use compound words, and if you're not reasonably fluent, you might not even recognize the nouns. You'd be uninsurable.
For non-English speaking employers, it's not a selling point that you can't speak their languages.They'd need someone working as an in-house interpreter. Socially, it's not a good idea. You could be in the middle of conversations you can't understand, some of which might be about you.
We tend to be a bit impatient with non-English speakers ourselves.
Really, if you want to do this, you'll need to get to professional levels of conversation. Imagine trying to explain your work to a non-English speaker without any graphics or other visual aids.
Languages are easy, it's just getting to conversational level, so you can think in those languages, that requires the practice. |
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