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Communication Skills-II

notes Consecutive interpreting involves giving a translation after speakers have spoken, and often
translating in both directions between languages. Consecutive interpreting may occur at
smaller meetings, discussions between politicians, business people and journalists, and
also in courtrooms and hospitals.
l Freelancing: Often, after pursuing courses in foreign languages, people like to work
as freelancers. These people get work in translation bureaus, research organisations,
international organisations like UNO, FAO, foreign companies, Reserve Bank of India,
publishing houses etc. Expertise in foreign language coupled with other additional
qualifications in areas like management, tourism, hospitality industry, airlines can be even
fruitful and better the chances for employment opportunities.

self assessment

Fill in the blanks:
7. The most common of all the available career options in foreign language is ……………… .

8. ………………… transform written material from one language to another.
9. ………………… can be of two types – conference and consecutive.
10. ………………… interpreting involves giving translations after the speakers have finished
their speech.
2.3 important foreign languages

Every foreign language is important in its own right but here we will list some popular languages
that students generally want to learn:

english

The English language has become the language of international communication. There are
approximately 1,302,275,670 English speakers in the world (2010 figure, source for all figures:
internetworldstats.com).
You need to learn English language to improve your understanding. Many experts believe the
language to be an easy access to knowledge. Once you understand and speak English you can
easily get hold of valuable information. The fact that most online references and textbooks are
written in the English language imply that it can improve your knowledge. In addition, major
percentage of the world’s population speaks English. So if you don’t know to speak English
you’ll be considered out of the league.

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Case Study english as a national foreign language
ndia has two national languages for central administrative purposes: Hindi and English.
Hindi is the national, official, and main link language of India. English is an associate
Iofficial language. The Indian Constitution also officially approves twenty-two regional
languages for official purposes.
Dozens of distinctly different regional languages are spoken in India, which share many
characteristics such as grammatical structure and vocabulary. Apart from these languages,
Hindi is used for communication in India. The homeland of Hindi is mainly in the north of
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