I am enrolling in a language class at college this fall. I want the language to suppliment my future career in international business and engineering. I've taken quite a bit of german already, but my generation of germans all know english, so learning more german won't be useful. What do you recommend?
2006-07-23 15:37:27 · 17 answers · asked by Alex S 1 in Travel ➔ Other - Destinations
International business and engineering? German is the language of engineering. But if you feel you have sufficient so you don't have to depend on a translator, think about Chinese. That's where the future development is going to take place and a knowledge of that language will help you enormously. Other useful languages would be French or Spanish.
2006-07-23 15:50:54 · answer #1 · answered by old lady 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A lot of businesses and governmental organizations are really looking for bilingual people. Some languages they seem to like are Spanish, Japanese, French, German, Chinese, and Arabic. I took Spanish since it's probably the closest of these to English, but it's up to you.
2006-07-23 22:41:47 · answer #2 · answered by Michael G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The most useful languages you could learn would be Chinese (Mandarin or Cantonese), Hindi or, given the geopolitical situation, Arabic or Persian. Too late really for Japanese or Korean as their booms are over.
European languages are fine but the future of world in the 21st century already is in Asia.
2006-07-23 22:45:13 · answer #3 · answered by fugutastic 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
SO you know German quite well, and you know English, too?
How about learning Spanish or Russian? I could a translator at times.
2006-07-23 23:09:02 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Spanish?
2006-07-23 22:43:13 · answer #5 · answered by noseygirl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say Spanish. Seems like it's the going thing in order to get a job.
2006-07-23 22:42:29 · answer #6 · answered by dontknow 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Spanish....definitely
2006-07-23 22:41:45 · answer #7 · answered by Troubled1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Spanish, since it's spoken in several countries in South America and Europe, and it's also popular in the U.S.
2006-07-23 22:42:12 · answer #8 · answered by Chreap 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
French,Italian,Japanese.
2006-07-23 22:41:06 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would recommend Spanish since it is being used more every where.
2006-07-23 22:42:12 · answer #10 · answered by guysmommy_09142001 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋