| Why It Is Important To Be Language Skilledo | | | | to specialize in particular fields.o Interpreters - |
| Broadens Career Options - Not only does learning | | | | Interpreters are required to translate from one |
| foreign languages improve your job performance, | | | | language to another almost instantaneously. This is |
| it also increases your value as an employee. This | | | | what makes this career one of the most |
| in turn can improve your chances of getting a | | | | demanding ones. Hence, skilled interpreters are |
| raise or a promotion.o Increases Job Opportunities | | | | much in demand these days. They are required to |
| - Hotel and restaurant, tourism, marketing, | | | | be comfortable and confident in each of the |
| advertising, military and defense, and journalism | | | | languages they interpret.o Teaching - For some, |
| are some of the industries that require multi-lingual | | | | this is the most satisfying career to be pursued |
| people. Being able to interact with clients and | | | | with their foreign language skills. Since many |
| customers in their language makes them feel | | | | people are seeking to become language skilled |
| more comfortable.o In addition, learning several | | | | these days, trained teachers of languages are in |
| languages can give you the opportunity of getting | | | | demand.o International Humanitarian Organizations |
| a project in a new country. The potential of the | | | | - These organizations provide first aid, emotional |
| knowledge and expertise gained could create an | | | | support, medical treatment and even lifeline |
| entirely new plateau in your profession, or a new | | | | support in areas that have been destroyed by |
| job opportunity altogether.o Liberal Arts Are Being | | | | natural calamities, civil unrest and wars. Since |
| Increasingly Sought After - These days many | | | | most of these people require care and nurture, it |
| employers are searching for flexible employees | | | | is important to communicate with them in their |
| with extensive abilities and skill sets. | | | | own tongue. As the nature of the job is |
| Communication skills and business skills combined | | | | worldwide, the more languages you know, the |
| with foreign language abilities are what most | | | | better are your chances of working with such |
| managers are seeking today. | | | | organizations. |
| Satisfying Careers for the Language Skilled | | | | Whatever your career goals are, being language |
| Some of the careers to be explored if you can | | | | skilled is very beneficial. People who speak foreign |
| speak foreign languages fluently are:o Translators | | | | languages fluently can relate to people from all |
| - Translators have a wide variety of job | | | | over the world, and can adapt to different |
| opportunities. They can find jobs in magazines, | | | | situations. These days teaching language-learning |
| books, the news and other media. Translators | | | | techniques have been improved. Graduated steps |
| need to be well read, and be well versed with the | | | | that are devised to build language skills and |
| current magazine and newspaper jargon in | | | | improve vocabulary in the foreign language are |
| different languages. Most translators are required | | | | useful for mastering any language you choose. |