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Question by : What do I major in to become a translator/interpreter?
I am a junior in high school at the moment. I am currently learning Korean, Japanese, Thai, Tagalog, Chinese, Spanish, Greek, German, French, Portuguese and Italian. As you can see I love learning new languages. My counselor at school was talking to all the juniors the other day and told us it’s best that we start thinking about what we want to do after we graduate now.
What I am wondering is what would I major in to become a translator/interpreter?
Also, I would like to go to college somewhere in either South Korea or Japan. Where online would I start looking for colleges in those places?

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Answer by RE
You are learning too many languages now to ever get really good at any of them. You need to concentrate your attention on one or two before you move on to the next. A translator or interpreter needs to have a deep, not shallow, understanding of one or at most two extra languages in order to master the skills you will need. Professional translating is nowhere near as easy as the uninitiated tend to assume. Major in one of your languages, but you will also need a lot of translation coursework in fields you expect to specialize in, such as law, medicine, business, finance, technology, etc. I assume you are in the US, and as a high school junior it is a little late to start looking for colleges in South Korea or Japan. Maybe you can do graduate work there after completing a degree here or in Canada. Canada has much better translation studies programs than we do here.

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Question by Bill B: do you think english is important ?
I am an Asian.I have learned little english words.recently, i have known a american girlfriend at interracialresources.com which is a niche interracial dating site.we chat in english regularity in there online.but i find my english is not good.some words which i want to say isn’t expressed by myself.i often feel trouble ! i don’t know which is important between english and chinese on earth ? i want to ask her to study chinese replace me study english.do you have any suggestion or opinion ? i will accept sincerely !

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Answer by Amy Z
English is very important.
100% of college graduates from India know how to speak English.

The same is true for most developed countries.

In a few decades everything is either going to be all Spanish or all English.

You can study English and your girlfriend can study Chinese. This way, you both do your part to show your affection for one another, by learning the other’s native language.

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Question by Sage 347: Louisiana Foreign Language Colleges?
I want to major in foreign languages, and I’m particularly focused on learning French, Arabic and Mandarin Chinese; I’m also interested in Linguistics, and if I can’t major in Foreign Languages specifically, I would like to major in that and spend the rest of my time with those three languages. (Minoring, etc.)

I can’t go outside of New Orleans right now, and online would be a last resort for me since I prefer learning in person. The problem I’ve found is that most places seem to only offer majors in, say, Literature or History or something… for ONE of the languages.

I want to spend all of my time with ALL THREE of the languages (and/or Linguistics with the three languages on the side). The literature or history just isn’t interesting to me right now. I wouldn’t mind taking a class for it on the side, but I don’t want to have to focus in something I don’t like just to get a little bit of what I do like; it seems like a waste of time.

Is there anywhere in New Orleans where I could focus on what I enjoy?

(P.S., I would prefer a college that has good options for studying or interning abroad.)

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Answer by ownpool
The closest you can come is Tulane University which offers majors in French and in linguistics and also offers instruction in Chinese in the linguistics department.

It is unrealistic to expect to learn three unrelated languages, including two very difficult ones, in undergraduate school. If you can learn Chinese and French to the level of fluency, you can learn Arabic in graduate school if you are still interested.

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Question by jusschillin15: MMA vs. MFS vs. BJJ vs. Krav Maga for beginner. Which is best for real life situations?
Ok, so I posted a question about whether I should take Krav Maga or Brazilian Jiujistu and got some really good answers. I went to both dojos (Is that what you’d call them for non-japenese/chinese based MA?) and really loved both but there are also places nearby that teach Miletich Fighting Systems and MMA (although, I’m not sure about how good the MMA school’s instructors are). Well, I am a beginner and no I don’t want to take any of these to become an MMA fighter, I just want to learn how to defend myself in real life situations, for example a bar fight and such. I’ve heard BJJ is good but people online have talked about fighting on cement and whether or not fight would be taken to the ground and KM seems good, to the point, inflict damage/protect yourself and run and the other seem more geared towards people who want to fight. I’d just like opinions from actual martial artists/fighters/etc and not people who have no experience (like myself lol) Thanks again!
To Bill and others, I only used a bar fight as an example of a real life situation, I’ve actually never been in a bar fight and thank you to those who’ve answered. I’m leaning towards Krav Maga because it seems to suit my needs and they also have an instructor who is either from Beverly Hills Jiujitsu or has a black belt from there (from what I hear it’s a good place) so I think I can get some good ground game there but I do want to cross train after I start to learn some.
I also forgot to add that they teach Muay Thai there so I guess I could get pretty well rounded there to start.

http://www.kravmagalb.com/

This is the school that I’m interested in if anyone cares to take a look. Long beach is a suburb of Los Angeles for those who care to know.
I was also interested in SCARS but I know that it’s hardly taught anywhere and is expensive but if anyone know of a place in the Los Angeles area for a good price that would be great.

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Answer by dark_ness
i personally took 6 years of BJJ, and 2 years of Boxing.
I believe that is the best combination for something as you’re describing.

boxing for the start of the fight..

and when it goes on the ground, you’re even more confident.
hah

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