best foriegn language to learn for any type of buisness?

Question

i want to be a linguist when i grow upand i want to help in buisnesses to so... what kind of language would be needed for all buisnesses? what would you suggest?

plz tell me anything :) (im learning chinese right now)

Answer 1

If you work in the Southwest then Spanish would be good, but you will probably be only dealing with employees not dealmakers. So I recommend either Chinese, Japanese or French. Our business deals with China and Japan are growing every day so it will be important to have a person who can translate what they are saying to American managers.

French is considered the International Language of Diplomacy. It is also a common language spoken in the EEC and it parts of Africa.

There is no language called Arabic, instead it is called Farsi and is spoken throughout the Middle East. In most countries of the EEC the countries have a common language and a wide variety of dialects. High German is spoken by all, but different towns can have their own dialect, the same is true in the Netherlands. In China Mandarin is the written language that every child is taught in school. They will speak the dialects of their own town or region, but the Communist made sure that anyone who can read can read Mandarin (how else do they expect people to read their propaganda).

A great deal of your choice in languages should be determined on what field of business you go into. For example if you are in the car industry then you should know Japanese. Those in the oil industry would do well if they spoke Farsi. While cheaply manufactured goods all seem to come from China. Many businesses on the West Coast will need to understand Mandarin and Japanese. Spanish will help you with any country south of the US, except for Brazil, which speaks Portuguese. French is spoken by a lot of diplomats (its traditional), in France and in Quebec. If you are in the wine industry then French could help, but otherwise it may not be a good idea. If you want to deal with the masters of dam building and water taming then you would like to speak Dutch, while the best optics come from Germany.

Siberia is largely an uninhabited and unexplored region. The main reason for this is that there is little infrastructure (few roads and only one train route). There is a great wealth hidden in this country. Russia has a lot of mineral resources, and once Alaska and Russia were attached by the bearing straight. So there is a good chance that North Eastern Siberia has similar oil and gold reserves.

Find out what field you want to work in and find out who most of the foreign customers are, and select those language(s) to learn.

Answer 2

As a note of pure suggestion, I would recommend learning a form of language that is prominent to the region's business-ownership-base.
I know that the North American South-central states (Texas / New Mexico and a few regions around Oklahoma) are very "regionally dominant" toward the SPAINISH dialect. Many of my own business colleagues who come from other cultures speak predominantly INDIA (Chinese / Samoan), Philistine, Arabian, and other national tongues.
I do have a few other colleagues from the SouthEast states who speak a (what I call) "wild mix" of tongues; Cuban, Louisiana Cajun, and Mexican.
I recommend learning THE BASE of each national tongue; Latin, Greek, and even a bit of TEX-MEX for an "authentic flavour" to your lingual finesse.

Answer 3

It all depends where you intend on making a living. If you were in the Southern Cape Area of Massachusetts, you would want to learn Portuguese. Where Chinese would be a waste of time.
You don't want to be a Space Heater salesman in California or Arizona.
If i had a choice and wanted to make a load of money, sign language specialist are invaluable.

Good Luck

Answer 4

Spanish is the simplest certainly. But i suppose... Italian or Latin, if i will have to make a option out of your record. German has a majority of these der, das, dem, den, phrases that's NOT handy in any respect! Russian is like two languages in a single, first Russian itself, than the Cyrillic symbols they use. If i will have to select... I took Latin! It is a well base for all Latin-headquartered languages

Answer 5

right now i am in 9th grade and taking german and it is tons of fun and pretty easy to pick up. well spanish is the largest spoken language, but germany is our biggest partner in trade and buisness so in that aspect, go with german! and all germans learn to speak english when they are in 5th grade and continue for 3-5 years for the same reason.

Answer 6

Chinnese or japannese is good. also spanish is great becasuse most of latin america speaks it and has some of bigest growing economis in the world with Mexico, Argentina and Venenzuela., Brazil to but they speak portuguesse. India has a big economy to so maybe indian to.

Answer 7

I'd say it depends on the location of the business and the languages spoken most in that area. Where I live that would be spanish.

Answer 8

In America, Spanish would be the best foreign language to learn.

Answer 9

Spanish is very popular. Then french. The number of hispanics are growing rapidly in the US.

Answer 10

ok you know english wich is a huge start.chinese and japanise are the most spoken languages...but they are relly restricted to a sertain country....so i would suggest sapnish wich is spoken in alot of different countries and can get you really far! best of luck