What’s the best way to achieve language skills to safe use? And what jobs should multilinguals be considering? Ask the experts on Thursday 8 October 1–3pmBeing bilingual or multilingual can give you the edge in your career. Andy Brassell is a football journalist who,at the end of European matches, switches between interviewing one player in French, or another in Spanish and another in Portuguese. “It really helps my career to speak different languages,” he says. “The players tend to open up a bit more, just talk more freely, and you accept better stories.”Likewise,Alex Bertolotti, who speaks French, or German and Russian and runs PWC’s Russian desk,says that although he often uses a translator, knowing different languages is very useful. “You know when you are being mistranslated, or which is helpful,and sometimes when people don’t know that you speak Russian you can pick up on things they think you don’t understand.” He says that whether you work for a big international firm, speaking a language immediately puts you in line for enchanting work that otherwise wouldn’t reach your way.
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Source: theguardian.com