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What are you gonna do with your language degree?

I'm thinking of being a translator, I'm not entirely sure yet but since we get to do translating modules in the final year, I can see how much I enjoy it then.

Other than that, not too sure. May just see what I can do.

Reply 81

xJessx

18

I have absolutely no idea although I do know I don't want to teach or do translating/interpreting and I probably will stay in the UK when I graduate. If I don't know by the time I leave uni, I'll probably stay in Manchester and aim for a job in a tourist/sales company and look for a management/team leader type of role.

Sometimes I think I should be more ambitious - I know people who want to do an MA abroad and even work for MI6 but I don't think I'm cut out for anything like that!

Reply 82

Taste of Honey

Tefhel

I don't think anyone seriously thinks that, they probably just say it to wind you up. I don't think I've heard anyone say it either.

It isn't a soft degree. I don't even mean that in a "Media Studies isn't a soft degree" way. I don't think anyone considers it to be soft because I'm sure that most people have had to learn a language at some point and probably found it's a lot of work!

I'd never say it was a 'soft degree' (I hate that whole thing anyway), but what I will say is that I consider it my easiest A-Level by far (and I do Media Studies and Art...). I turn up at least 20 minutes late for every lesson, never do any homework all year, and last year I didn't revise AT ALL (well, I watched a film in Spanish the night before my exam if that counts) and got an A. :| I think it's just that a lot of people find languages hard, while some find them easy.

Anyway, back to the question. In all honesty I hadn't even thought of a career afterwards. o.o I just picked Spanish for university because I liked it and that was that. Wow, I'm so lame when it comes to academics! :frown:

I've always wanted to be a journalist, so I might do that. On the other hand, I might do something completely crazy and just be a pet portraits artist. (people have suggested to me that I should do that as a career, so why not? :woo:

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All that I've thought about is where I'm going to live after university, though I suppose thoughts of a career should come first, heh...! If I meet my offer for Bristol Uni, then I'll probably just stay living in Bristol. Though I might move up to Liverpool, as it is my favourite city in the world afterall.

Reply 83

Tefhel

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Taste of Honey

I'd never say it was a 'soft degree' (I hate that whole thing anyway), but what I will say is that I consider it my easiest A-Level by far (and I do Media Studies and Art...). I turn up at least 20 minutes late for every lesson, never do any homework all year, and last year I didn't revise AT ALL (well, I watched a film in Spanish the night before my exam if that counts) and got an A. :| I think it's just that a lot of people find languages hard, while some find them easy.

I agree with you and languages are great because you barely have to revise if you are good at them. I would still call it a hard degree, like I'd call a maths degree hard since even though there are some people who just 'click' with maths and can get 100% on every paper without even trying a lot of people generally find it difficult!

Reply 84

Justeen910

As I'm doing French and Linguistics
I plan to either go in to teaching or speech therapy kind of thing.
Depending on whether my year abroad as a teaching assisstant freaks me out or not!

Reply 85

angielska

Are there really that many jobs as a diplomat around? And dont you have to be fluent in French to work for the UN??

Reply 86

xmarilynx

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angielska

Are there really that many jobs as a diplomat around? And dont you have to be fluent in French to work for the UN??

In theory, no - to work for the UN as a linguist you need English or French as your mother tongue and 'perfect command' of two of the other official languages (English, French, Chinese, Arabic, Russian Spanish). Obviously it's so competitive I wouldn't fancy your chances without it though. For other career options in the UN, you need excellent command of English or French and additional language skills are a bonus but not strictly required.

Reply 87

angielska

xmarilynx

In theory, no - to work for the UN as a linguist you need English or French as your mother tongue and 'perfect command' of two of the other official languages (English, French, Chinese, Arabic, Russian Spanish). Obviously it's so competitive I wouldn't fancy your chances without it though. For other career options in the UN, you need excellent command of English or French and additional language skills are a bonus but not strictly required.

Lol, 'perfect command' in my books means fluent. So , essentially, you need to be trilingual for the UN. I dont want to work there, btw, I just find it interesting how many people seem to think they can get diplomatic jobs, as I wouldnt have thought there would be many attainable jobs in that field. :confused:

Reply 88

nymeria

angielska

Lol, 'perfect command' in my books means fluent. So , essentially, you need to be trilingual for the UN. I dont want to work there, btw, I just find it interesting how many people seem to think they can get diplomatic jobs, as I wouldnt have thought there would be many attainable jobs in that field. :confused:

The diplomacy services, like other government areas, recruit through the fast stream. It seems to be the most competitive, and chances of getting in are slim even with an excellent application, but it's reasonable for many people to consider it. Those UN jobs aren't "diplomacy" in the sense that people are referring to here.

Reply 89

Farox

I've just come out of uni with a degree in japanese and german, but to be honest im not so confident with using these languages in a business environment so im looking at career choices that are completely irrelevant to langauges lol

Interpreting FTW.

I'm studying French and Chinese and don't really know what I want to do. Definitely a masters, but would love to work for the UN, M16, translating/interpreting or journalism. Got 3 years left to make my mind up what masters to do!