What kinds of careers are available to people with a degree in (any) foreign language?

Question

Well, I'm already fluent in 6 languages and I really enjoy learning new languages...I just don't know what kinds of careers people with degrees in foreign languages usually pursue!

Answer 1

I can think of a number of careers that you could do with a degree in a foreign language. The U.S. government is looking for employees with foreign language skills in many departments, depending on the language you have learned. You could go into the military or law enforcement or work in other kinds of civil-service jobs.

Of course, there is professional translation and interpreting. There's a health-care company where I live that hires medical interpreters. Whenever someone who speaks the language you do goes into the hospital, the company can call you to do the interpreting. I think the money's pretty good.

Many people with degrees in foreign language become language teachers and share their language skills with their students.

If I thought about it I could probably think of quite a few more things that people who know foreign languages can do. In fact, many people with degrees in foreign languages go into fields that seem completely unrelated, like law, medicine, and so forth.

Depending on whether you also find linguistics interesting, there are a number of linguistics-related careers that you might be interested in. E-mail me if you'd like to know more on that.

Here's a link to a book that you might find interesting:
http://www.amazon.com/Careers-Foreign-Language-Aficionados-Multilingual/dp/0658010670/sr=8-1/qid=1161913078/ref=sr_1_1/002-8082766-8342457?ie=UTF8&s=books

Happy language learning!

Answer 2

International contract translation is a good paying field. The more languages you know the more valuable you are. Of course you'll have to be fluent in the legal language of each country.

You can always teach. In a major city you can direct the English as a second language program at most any elementary or secondary school.

Answer 3

I'd say you have more of a chance with a foreign language than without one, if you're good with another language some businesses will pay you more to work with them cause they need multi-lingual people, so I'd say many careers are open for you.

Answer 4

i know there are jobs out there for people that know a lot of foreign language just not at the top of my head. There are jobs in the communications market.

Answer 5

You can do so many jobs. First of all you could be a linguist for international or government agencies. You could work as a translator in a court or business, website etc. You could also be a teacher. You could also start you own multilanguage company.

Answer 6

Communication Executive and marketing particularly in Hotel industry

Answer 7

homeland security , good guess huh