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What jobs can i use my spanish and german except being a translator?
01-30-2013, 04:52 PM
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What jobs can i use my spanish and german except being a translator?

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01-30-2013, 05:00 PM
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It is useful in almost any job which involves you working internationally. For example if you weer a secutary you may find it useful to speak different languages when speaking to others over the phone, or you could choose to work abroad. You could work with the public eg. in a bank where there may occasionally be customers that speak foreign languages.
A lot of modern jobs even if they do not require you to speak other languages tend to hire people who are multi-linguistic over those who are not. Other than translator, like you mentioned, there will not be many jobs where the only qualification needed will be languages.
You just need a couple of good qualifications other than being multi-lingual and you can have whatever job you like.

So, overall
-translator is about the only job in which all you need to do is be able to speak other languages
-being multi-linguistic is helpful is a huge variety of modern jobs as a lot of companies are international

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01-30-2013, 05:00 PM
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teacher each other job
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01-30-2013, 05:00 PM
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Many!
BUSINESS, INDUSTRY & COMMERCE

The types of companies needing management and sales personnel with foreign language skills cover the whole spectrum of the business world. In their operations, they find that foreign language proficiency is an enormous advantage, both in the United States and in their overseas offices. International advertising is a highly specialized activity; its prime purpose, of course, is to promote the sale of American products overseas.

BANKING & FINANCIAL POSITIONS

As international business and industry expand, international banking and financial activity naturally follows. Today one fourth of all new direct investment goes abroad.

TECHNICAL & ENGINEERING POSITIONS

Companies with overseas plants that manufacture machinery and equipment used abroad are likely to need technical and engineering personnel with foreign language proficiency.

SECRETARIAL & CLERICAL POSITIONS

In the business world, the range of languages and fields is so vast that some employment agencies maintain permanent advertisements for bilingual secretaries and typists. The bilingual secretary positions have been described as a “rare commodity.”

GOVERNMENT & INTERNATIONAL

The Federal Government is the largest employer of Americans with foreign language skills, both in this country and abroad. The following U.S. Government departments and agencies require personnel with language skills.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

In areas where large numbers of citizens do not speak English local governments need employees with foreign language skills.

INTERNATIONAL - UNITED NATIONS

The UN is the largest employer of language specialists - translators, editors, interpreters - in this country. Its purpose is to maintain international peace and security, to develop friendly relations among nations, and to achieve international cooperation in solving economic, social, cultural and humanitarian problems.

TEACHING

Approximately 100,000 people in this country work in the field of foreign language teaching in Jr. & Sr. High Schools, in colleges and universities, elementary schools and in commercial and government-operated language schools.

MEDIA

Journalism -- The knowledge of foreign languages is an important asset to employment in journalism. A significant number of newspapers have indicated that foreign language skills are needed in the profession because they enhance a reporter's effectiveness.

Radio & Television -- There are over 300 radio stations throughout the U.S. that broadcast programs in foreign languages -- French, German, Italian, Spanish and many others. Some stations producing language education programs. Language skills are needed by the program writers and announcers at most radio or television stations.

Film -- Film production is one of the most international of the arts in which technical skill and artistic talent transcend national boundaries. Writers, performers, executives and technicians may need a foreign language in order to have a thorough knowledge of their subject, to communicate with the people being filmed, and with each other, to prepare scripts, or simply to get along in the foreign country where they are working.

Publishing -- Positions as editor, editorial assistant, copywriter, proofreader, technical writer, salesperson, and secretarial worker are available in the field of publishing. Foreign language skills are useful for the staffs of many publishing houses, especially those that market their books abroad, or publish translations and foreign language textbooks.

TRAVEL & TOURISM

Transportation Companies

Airlines, railroads, bus and ship lines need bilingual personnel to serve foreign passengers or other ethnic groups within the United States.
SERVICES

Health Professions

Health professionals of all kinds are finding more and more that a knowledge of certain foreign languages is urgently needed in dealing with patients, especially in metropolitan areas where there are many ethnic minorities -- people who are unable to speak English well enough to describe their symptoms or understand medical instructions. Many hospitals in the U.S. have hired bilingual personnel and/or freelance consultants to serve as interpreters and translators.

Social Work

Social Workers assist individuals, families, groups and communities when dealing with problems such as poverty, unemployment, poor housing or illness. In cities where there are concentrations of minority groups and immigrants, social workers come into contact with many people who do not speak English.
Volunteer Agencies

The over 5,000 Peace Corps volunteers serving in 60 countries throughout the world must know or be trained in the language of the country where they are assigned.
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01-30-2013, 05:00 PM
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Touristic Sector
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01-30-2013, 05:00 PM
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Any job in the southwest states. Spanish is rapidly becoming the first language here.
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