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| maiza Newbie Spain Joined 4726 days ago 9 posts - 9 votes Speaks: EnglishC2 | Message 1 of 15 08 July 2011 at 9:26pm | IP Logged | |||||||||||
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A degree at the university, "Translation and Interpretation" will teach you two languages
in four years. is it worth? Could I learn two languages in four years by myself saving all that money ? When it comes to speaking languages to find a job, two persons that have the same level but one of them studied by himself, do they have the same options to get the job or people give more credit if you learned a language at college and not by yourself ? 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||||||||
| maiza Newbie Spain Joined 4726 days ago 9 posts - 9 votes Speaks: EnglishC2 | Message 2 of 15 09 July 2011 at 11:57am | IP Logged | |||||||||||
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| zekecoma Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5139 days ago 561 posts - 655 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish | Message 3 of 15 09 July 2011 at 1:11pm | IP Logged | |||||||||||
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Well you do need to have a uni degree for a translator job. But I say learning a language
at home is much better than in a school. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||||||||
| lingoleng Senior Member Germany Joined 5093 days ago 605 posts - 1290 votes | Message 4 of 15 09 July 2011 at 2:18pm | IP Logged | |||||||||||
If you want to be a translator/interpreter, then, and only then you'll want to do have this degree. If you want a job that is not language related, it would be nonsense to study for translation, wouldn't it? So your question is a little bit strange, to say the least. For most jobs languages are an additional qualification, when and if you are good at your real job. Being good at languages is not a good or sufficient qualification for most jobs. Ask the people who teach at your university, and they'll explain to you what you can expect or not. Don't make such a decision based on random forum opinions, it is your life. Edited by lingoleng on 09 July 2011 at 2:19pm 3 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||||||||
| Alexander86 Tetraglot Senior Member United Kingdom alanguagediary.blogs Joined 4776 days ago 224 posts - 323 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, German, Catalan Studies: Swedish | Message 5 of 15 09 July 2011 at 3:27pm | IP Logged | |||||||||||
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Languages are actually more useful than most of the other arts subjects that people
study since they give you a significant skill set which is in demand. Especially with two language you could do a lot. And a university degree in languages is worth far more than someone who has 'just studied them', just because that's how the world works these days - accreditation and all that. But equally, if you went to be an engineer and learnt German on the side, you would be in a much stronger position. As the person before me said, it's your life and you have to make the decision. While it may be worth it for some people to learn two languages in a degree it may not be worth it for others. Think of a medium to long term timescale: where do you see yourself? What would you like to be doing? etc. Then assess how to get there, which may or may not include going to university for this course. And for my two cents: learning at university is far better than learning at home because it means you directly communicate from the start in the languages as well as making friends and having fun, what could be better than that? (I both learn languages at university and at home). 3 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||||||||
| maiza Newbie Spain Joined 4726 days ago 9 posts - 9 votes Speaks: EnglishC2 | Message 6 of 15 09 July 2011 at 7:42pm | IP Logged | |||||||||||
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The way I see it, at uni I will be with other guys that speak the same language as me.
And the teacher, not sure if is a native speaker of the language is teaching. I I can translate but I studied at home or traveling or whatever other form...do I need a paper to prove it ? 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||||||||
| Doitsujin Diglot Senior Member Germany Joined 5115 days ago 1256 posts - 2363 votes Speaks: German*, English | Message 7 of 15 09 July 2011 at 8:52pm | IP Logged | |||||||||||
Only if you're extremely shy or a language genius who picks up languages easily. If you study by yourself you can't ask and won't get any feedback from teachers, native teaching assistants and fellow students and you might pick up bad language habits.
That is very likely, but they might be better than you which will proably motivate you.
Which is not necessarily a bad thing. One of my teachers had never traveled to the country whose language he taught, yet all of our native teaching assistants uniformly said that his knowledge of grammar, vocabulary and style was better than theirs and his pronunciation was near native.
Usually, you only if you plan work for the government, the courts the police etc. If you're unsure about the whole thing, why not get a business or science degree and spend a year abroad as an exchange student? 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||||||||
| jimbo Tetraglot Senior Member Canada Joined 6089 days ago 469 posts - 642 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin, Korean, French Studies: Japanese, Latin | Message 8 of 15 09 July 2011 at 9:43pm | IP Logged | |||||||||||
Seems you could learn one or two languages while you earn a degree in any subject of your choice. "A ___ who speaks _____ and ____ " seems more employable than someone who only speaks a couple of extra languages. 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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