If i were to become an interpereter in the army, how many languages can they teach you to be completly fluent in before starting the job?
2007-08-19 16:36:44 · 4 answers · asked by Ben10 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
I think what you might want to do in the Army would be Linguist. They study a language for about a year or a year and a half some wear in California. They make you fluent enough to read and speak the language. But be warned there is a high drop rate from this MOS because it is very hard. You are only allowed one language in this MOS but if you pass the course then you will be able to speak it very well. Hope that helps.
Semper Fi
2007-08-19 17:00:23 · answer #1 · answered by Patches 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes in ther Army they have linguists - there are a few different types of jobs, 98G - you sit in a room listening the ear phones, 97E - you are and interigator, 97B you are counter intell. The DLI in Monterey ,Cali is where you go to get your languages. There are opportunities to come back after your initial language training for another language or advanced or the language that you already learned. They send you back based on demand, your talents, or resigning. It is extreamly difficult and if you don't maintain a B adverage they will either roll you back to a new class, give you a new language or rock you out - that depends on your attitude and you teachers. You are in class 8-10 hours a day + 2-3 hours of homework every night. The DLAB will determine what language you can learn (the difficulty) and then they assign you a language (Nationa Guard gets to choose their language) Language training can be from 6 mo to 63 weeks. You are taught by native speakers. You start you job with one language, I do know of people that have come through a few times and one of our friends speaks 6 languages and now works as an attatchment with the embasy in Africa. there are lots of great jobs in the civilian world for linguists post military - you will also have a very good security clearance.
2007-08-20 10:31:36 · answer #2 · answered by jess b 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Defense Language Institute is located in Monterey, California. It has a website if you want to look it up as it is where all defense personel go to learn foreign languages.
In the Army, you just learn one language - training time to learn that language varies in length, depending on the language being learned. You can gain an additional skill qualifier (and sometimes more pay) by being able to demonstrate fluency in an additional language further down the road.
I would imagine the other branches only train in one language as well before expecting you to start working.
2007-08-20 00:32:14 · answer #3 · answered by Patriotic Libertarian 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
DLI will NOT train you to be native level fluent, so you will not be interpreting per se. Linguists translate, they do not interpret. yes, there is a subtle difference.
In the Navy, CTIs sit in dark rooms with headphones on listening to transmissions and transcribing them. they are NOT out in the field very much at all unless they have maxed out their fluency level(on a scale of 1-3)
it is possible to be trained in more than one language, just very rare, and mostly because the first language you learn is being phased out.
2007-08-20 08:59:40 · answer #4 · answered by Mrsjvb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋