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Foreign Language

A movie named came out sometime ago– the Dream girl, the Ayushmann
Khurana starrer which portrayed him as a middle-class man who could talk in a
female voice. This landed him with a handsomely paying job in a call centre. But
wait this is not a movie review, as much as it seems to be from its introduction.
What I want to bring to your attention is something that kept him stuck to his
job - talking to customers in their different languages. That kept his customers
engaged in talking to him.

“If you speak to a man in a language he understands, it will go to his head. If you speak to
him in his own language, it will go to his heart.” – Nelson Mandela. This yet uncovers a
potential source of income. This yet uncovers a potential source of income.

• Foreign language refers to the language other than the one native to the person’s
origin
• Learning a foreign language opens up a new door of opportunities the career
aspirants in India and abroad
• Degree requirements include certificate courses/diploma/advanced
diploma/bachelors degree after 10th or 10+2 in any of the relevant disciplines
• According to a survey by the India today group, ‘Chinese’ is the highest-paid
foreign language in India

Do you think the much-anticipated films – Baahubali & Baahubali-2 would have
collected as much as they have if they weren’t dubbed in Hindi? Moreover, when
it was dubbed and released in Germany, France, China, Japan & other countries
in their native languages; there was a collection of whopping Rs. 150 to 200
crores! That is the power of foreign languages. Learning a foreign language
opens a wide door of opportunities which have been discussed in this section.

Foreign language experts require fluency and skills for it to be at the tip of their
tongues. Some of the demanding languages which are making a handsome
income are as given below. The demands for these language experts are booming
and some are even taking this as an alternative career option. Let us see what
languages are in demand worldwide.

Mandarin Chinese:
The most densely populated and developed commerce of this country is enough
to access this language. The reason behind this is that China does business in its
mother Language. This has resulted in the outsourcing of their businesses to
other countries; they send manuals and catalogues in their own language,

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