Which Language is most beneficial to learn in global context After English? (house, litigation)

[caseras]

Originally Posted by sarah27281

yes i mean what i mean,there people really pay very much money to translate from english to french ..i was there and i souffered from the same problem because every thing important is in english

lol

And three post before you was saying the algerian didn't speak french....

So could you explain to me why they translate the english text in french instead of to translate it immediatly in arab ?

[sarah27281]

Originally Posted by caseras

lol

And three post before you was saying the algerian didn't speak french....

So could you explain to me why they translate the english text in french instead of to translate it immediatly in arab ?

I don't understand you, you think that your language is important and you oublige us to believe it.. and in addition you oublige us to speak French and to consider it our language ... I say and I repeat, in algeria (MY COUNTRY)and throughout the Arab world we speak Arabic and it is our official language and maternal .. the French or English are the second languages and unfortunately in maghreb it is the French and whose use is very limited

[Hasdrubal]

I don't think Mandarin will be that important. China is experiencing some skyrocketing growth because they started from zero thus their economy is currently booming but it will take centuries until they achieve the level of Western countries. If you're an American, Spanish is the obvious choice, not only because the grocery's clerck is from Mexico, but also for the unlimited opportunities of doing business in Latin America.

[sevenofsix]

chinese for business

[twnxn]

Since the question for this topic is which language besides English would you consider the next global language? Well, of course, there is no other language in the world that even comes close to the global reach of English. So, there would be several different languages. For new business opportunities in Asia, I would say Mandarin Chinese would be most useful (China, Taiwan, Singapore and among the “overseas Chinese” in Southeast Asia), not as useful outside of these areas; Of course, Korean would be useful in Korea and dealing with Korean business people and Japanese would be useful in Japan and Japanese business people, but outside of this context, I don't know how useful it would be (aside from dealing with Korean speaking and Japanese speaking immigrant populations).

Spanish would be useful in the US-especially in places like California, Texas. Spanish and Portuguese (for Brazil) would be useful in Latin America, obviously. Spanish will not that useful outside of Latin America, US or Spain.

In Europe, besides English, French or German would be useful. But, how useful will French or German be in California? Maybe you can use some French in Canada or Francophile Africa such as Cameroon, Ivory Coast.

In the Middle East- Arabic and Farsi. Not much use outside of this region except for Arab and Persian immigrant communities in Europe and North America.

But, as I stated, I don’t think there is any other language that comes close to English in the global scope. All the other languages are at best regional in scope.

[caseras]

Originally Posted by sarah27281

I don't understand you, you think that your language is important and you oublige us to believe it.. and in addition you oublige us to speak French and to consider it our language ...

Who is us ? I talk to you, I don't talk to the others, that's the reason why I write some french word... BTW I don't oblige anyone to believe in something. What I made is to show you some facts about the french language and unfortunately these facts is the total opposite of your claims, even for algeria.

I say and I repeat, in algeria (MY COUNTRY)and throughout the Arab world we speak Arabic and it is our official language and maternal .. the French or English are the second languages and unfortunately in maghreb it is the French and whose use is very limited

You can repeart again and again, I don't agree, the french in algeria is more than a second language, and if you are a true algerian has you claim it, you know that. In France, english is the second language, we are far to speak english as the algerian speak french.... very very far from it.

[sarah27281]

Originally Posted by sevenofsix

chinese for business

you're right

[Bideshi]

English is most important to learn followed by at least one dialect of Chinese and Hindi. Spanish is still important and Arabic is very useful in much of the world.

[Bideshi]

Originally Posted by twnxn

Farsi

Farsi will not be very useful unless you can tolerate high levels of radiation...

[Rei]

Chinese... they will take over the world, we might as well get a head start... ;p