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What job opportunities can I get with knowing 3 languages that isn’t being a translator?

I know English, Spanish and I’m very interested in learning latin based languages, but I do not want to be a translator. #languages #trilingual #jobopportunities

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Giulia’s Answer

Hi Stephanie, knowing languages opens you a lot of doors, not only the one of translation. I think that depending on your interest you can find several jobs in which your language skills can be highly valuable.

For instance, I work based in London but I manage Southern Europe countries because I speak both Spanish and Italian. A close friend of mine works for a publisher and he's role is to select the books they are going to translate.

As I said, based on your interests, knowing a language (or more) will open you more doors when it comes to look for a job.

Good luck!

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Victoria (Tori)’s Answer

Hello! Being well versed in multiple languages is a valuable asset in almost all career fields. When considering your strengths, companies will be impressed in your bilingual skills. Being a translator is certainly an option, but these skills will certainly help you in numerous fields such as business, law, medicine, and politics. For example, you may wish to become a nurse in which case your language skills will help you interpret medical language to various patients. However, it is important to have a skill set that goes beyond just knowing a second language. This will allow you to apply your language skills to help society.

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Consider the areas in (or out of) the country where your language skills will be relevant.
Look into popular fields of work in that area and if any of those fields interest you (ie. Washington DC is a good place to become a politician).
Apply to programs where you will be able to learn your career skill set in conjunction with your second language. (For example, a nursing program where you will be able to interact with patients who speak different languages).
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Kevin’s Answer

Knowing multiple languages can open opportunities in many areas such as human relations (HR) in a business where there is a diverse workforce or being a language teacher in a high school. With some specialized training these skills can also be an advantage when being part of an emergency response team serving a diverse neighborhood. It can also be helpful as a visitor host in a country where one of these language is native. This part of tourism is on the rise. Good luck in your search.
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Roger’s Answer

Hello Stephanie,

Languages will give you a lot of opportunities, specially in the following areas:

- International Business
- Logistics
- Counseling
- Travel Industry
- Diplomacy

If you already know Spanish, Portuguese and Italian are very achievable. Depending on the field you should consider French. ( although more difficult on phonetics)

In my experience the easiest way to learn a Language is to get a boyfriend/ girlfriend that speaks the language and push yourself to practice.

A good language exchange tool is
Tandem
www.tandem.net
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Hanin’s Answer

Hi Stephanie!

Learning languages is a way of life and growing your general and cultural knowledge, and they say with every new language learned you develop a personality. As a polyglot myself, I have found many doors open for me, even in areas totally outside of my field. In the business world, languages doesn't only lead you to translation, it leads you into many many many fields that are fruitful and fulfilling, and also interesting. Off the top of my head, a few jobs I could think of where being a bilingual, trilingual or polyglot would be useful are the following: international relations, diplomacy, teaching, international organisations, NGOs, law, medicine, interpreting, journalism, hotel and tourism industry, and there's much more!

Not to mention that it opens doors for you to work in more locations.

Explore your options and see where your heart takes you. The ability to speak multiple languages is a huge exciting asset!

Best of luck!
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