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| Marc Frisch Heptaglot Senior Member Germany Joined 6460 days ago 1001 posts - 1169 votes  Speaks: German*, French, English, Spanish, Portuguese, Turkish, Italian Studies: Persian, Tamil | Message 17 of 26 17 October 2006 at 10:19am | IP Logged | |||||
His German is excellent, but not perfect. I can tell he's no native speaker by his accent. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| sumabeast Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 6721 days ago 212 posts - 220 votes Speaks: English*, Arabic (Written) | Message 18 of 26 19 October 2006 at 8:25am | IP Logged | |||||
no I'd disagree somewhat, spoken Arabic and Hebrew do have a similar sound to them, actually Hebrew sounds more like one of the Arabic dialects maybe like Lebanese Arabic. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| patuco Diglot Moderator Gibraltar Joined 6810 days ago 3795 posts - 4268 votes Speaks: Spanish, English* Personal Language Map | Message 19 of 26 19 October 2006 at 10:39am | IP Logged | |||||
I agree with sumabeast. In my opinion, they do sound similar. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| lengua Senior Member United States polyglottery.wordpre Joined 6479 days ago 549 posts - 595 votes Studies: French, Italian, Spanish, German | Message 20 of 26 19 October 2006 at 10:44am | IP Logged | |||||
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Chalk me up in agreement as well. My first active experience with either was with Pimsleur, and it was quite interesting to note how similar they sounded.
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| Journeyer Triglot Senior Member United States tristan85.blogspot.c Joined 6663 days ago 946 posts - 1110 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, German Studies: Sign Language | Message 21 of 26 19 October 2006 at 4:33pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I used to want to be an interpreter, but I eventually got burned out on it. I felt that for one thing, the hard work wasn't something I wanted to go with all the way, I heard the pay isn't what the general public thinks it usually is, and I wanted to travel more...I felt that if I were an interpreter I would be fairly limited in the traveling I got to do, if I had to stay in an office, courtroom, etc, and translate, or even if I got to travel with a diplomat.
Plus the stress looks like it would make it a real pain. I read somewhere that the amount of stress on the mind of an interpeter is under is equivalent to that of neurosurgeon while operating. Once a person told me they had visited a school in Switzerland that specialized in translating, and I remember him telling me seeing people on break and strung out with trembling cigerattes between their fingers. I wouldn't mind being able to speak at that level of the language, but that particulary profession is one that I'm not interested in anymore. However, sometimes it still has attractions to it that I see, and I still hope for the day when I can jump in and do an impromptu interpretation between a tourist or something. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| alexptrans Pentaglot Senior Member Israel Joined 6560 days ago 208 posts - 236 votes Speaks: English, Modern Hebrew, Russian*, French, Arabic (Written) Studies: Icelandic | Message 22 of 26 19 October 2006 at 5:11pm | IP Logged | |||||
Really? That's interesting. From my perspective they sound very different, but maybe that's just because I'm (practically) a native speaker of Hebrew. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| patuco Diglot Moderator Gibraltar Joined 6810 days ago 3795 posts - 4268 votes Speaks: Spanish, English* Personal Language Map | Message 23 of 26 19 October 2006 at 5:32pm | IP Logged | |||||
I get the chance to hear both languages here in Gibraltar (although Arabic is more "visible" than Hebrew) and I usually have to do a double-take at the speaker to check whether he's wearing a kippah or not before I can identify the language. I will admit that identifying the language has become somewhat easier now that I've studied some Arabic, but it's still easy to confuse them. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| lengua Senior Member United States polyglottery.wordpre Joined 6479 days ago 549 posts - 595 votes Studies: French, Italian, Spanish, German | Message 24 of 26 19 October 2006 at 8:10pm | IP Logged | |||||
I agree. Too much work, too little recompense. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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