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| SRC Newbie United States Joined 5980 days ago 31 posts - 33 votes Studies: Spanish, Japanese | Message 1 of 4 13 December 2011 at 6:25pm | IP Logged | ||
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As everyone knows, overwhelmingly Scandanavians speak pristine English. A colleague of mine just came back from a business trip to Sweden and, big surprise, found exactly that. My understanding is that the Scandanavian languages are by and large not exceptionally difficult for English speakers to learn. These are highly advanced economies, so there could be value in learning Scandavian languages for business -- but would that actually be the case? Is English so thoroughly embedded in the business cultures of these countries that it is simply not worth a native English speaker's time to learn them for strictly economic reasons? Would Scandanvians appreciate the effort if you were moderately proficient, or they just wonder to themselves "why did he bother?"? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Марк Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 5056 days ago 2096 posts - 2972 votes  Speaks: Russian* | Message 2 of 4 13 December 2011 at 6:29pm | IP Logged | ||
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They will be very glad that you studied their language.
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| Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5334 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 3 of 4 13 December 2011 at 9:31pm | IP Logged | ||
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If you are going to a Scandinavian country for the occasional business trip, people will be happy that you have made the effort to learn the language, but unless you speak your chosen language fluently, business talks will in any event be conducted in English.
If you are going there to stay, it is highly recommended to learn the language. And given the very low unemployment rate at the time, it may make a lot of economic sense to learn Scandinavian languages, in order to get a good job on a more permanent base. 4 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| SRC Newbie United States Joined 5980 days ago 31 posts - 33 votes Studies: Spanish, Japanese | Message 4 of 4 14 December 2011 at 7:39pm | IP Logged | ||
That's mostly what I would have thought - thank you for your insight! 1 person has voted this message useful |
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