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| Asiafeverr Diglot Senior Member Hong Kong Joined 6345 days ago 346 posts - 431 votes  1 sounds Speaks: French*, English Studies: Mandarin, Cantonese, Shanghainese, German | Message 89 of 169 01 October 2009 at 7:02pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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I am currently studying business and I will get to chose my major next year. I don't exactly know what I want to do later on but finance seems interesting. The only thing I am certain about is that I want to live and work in mainland China; I don't know how I will get there yet but I know I will.
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| jessikt Triglot Groupie Austria ichestudiolangues.co Joined 5837 days ago 98 posts - 102 votes Speaks: English*, GermanB1, French Studies: SpanishA2, Swedish | Message 90 of 169 01 October 2009 at 9:25pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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I am going to study "Transkulturelle Kommunikation" and "Romanistik" at the University of Vienna. Transkulturelle
Kommunikation is Translation and Interpretation (with English, German and Spanish (and maybe French) as the working languages) and Romanistik is romance studies, so learning about romance languages and the countries in which they are spoken. You focus on two languages so I would focus on French and Spanish to compliment my Translation studies. I keep also being tempted by Linguistics and German philology, but I think I will stick with my original plan. I am not exactly sure what I am going to do as a career. Right now I am thinking Translation or Teaching, or both? Or neither... Hmm.. :) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| kirahvi Heptaglot Newbie Finland Joined 5537 days ago 7 posts - 7 votes Speaks: Finnish*, Polish, Slovak, English, German, Spanish, Swedish Studies: Russian, Ukrainian, Icelandic, Mandarin | Message 91 of 169 01 October 2009 at 9:31pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Master's in German with political science and Slovak as minors, working on a second Master's in Polish with Russian and Ukrainian as minors.
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 Fasulye Heptaglot Winner TAC 2012 Moderator Germany fasulyespolyglotblog Joined 5850 days ago 5460 posts - 6006 votes 1 sounds Speaks: German*, DutchC1, EnglishB2, French, Italian, Spanish, Esperanto Studies: Latin, Danish, Norwegian, Turkish Personal Language Map | Message 92 of 169 01 October 2009 at 9:32pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
I also studied three years of Romance Philology (called "Romanistik" in Germany), so I know what your study subject is about. Fasulye 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| delta910 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5878 days ago 267 posts - 313 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Dutch, German | Message 93 of 169 01 October 2009 at 9:50pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
Yeah, most likely translating foreign documents really. But then, to me, I wouldn't really mind what I do or where I go for the job just as long as I do something in language. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| jessikt Triglot Groupie Austria ichestudiolangues.co Joined 5837 days ago 98 posts - 102 votes Speaks: English*, GermanB1, French Studies: SpanishA2, Swedish | Message 94 of 169 01 October 2009 at 11:06pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
And, how did you like it? :) What sort of classes do you take? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| TannerS Triglot Groupie United States Joined 5612 days ago 58 posts - 60 votes Speaks: English*, German, Spanish Studies: Russian, Latin, Ancient Greek | Message 95 of 169 01 October 2009 at 11:18pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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I will be going to college next year. At the moment I am planning on taking a course in German, Russian, and Spanish each semester. Additionally, I will also probably take classes in creative writing as well. I'd really like to learn how to write good prose and poetry! I'm excited that I will not have to take many general education classes, as I will have college credit going into my college career.
Does anyone have an opinion as to whether or not three or four foreign language classes per semester plus an extra class or two in English would be too much work? I suppose it may vary depending on the university, but I have experience with a college level Russian language class. I found it to be challenging, but not to the point that I am unable to see myself taking three or four similar classes simultaneously. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| jessikt Triglot Groupie Austria ichestudiolangues.co Joined 5837 days ago 98 posts - 102 votes Speaks: English*, GermanB1, French Studies: SpanishA2, Swedish | Message 96 of 169 01 October 2009 at 11:36pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
As long as you are interested in the languages (which I assume you are, because you're here!) and are willing to do the work necessary then I don't think it would be too much. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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