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I wondering whether Chinese is a "good direction"...
Today English is an International language. If you are working in field where very important is time of spreading information, I think I have noticed that the cost of making a translations are to high compared to learning language in which you will usually get information.
Ages ago there were another International languages like Greek or Latin. I think English will not be an exception and it will also pass away from global scope. This not may take years, but maybe decades or even more, but I am sure that this will happen someday.
If I have to point to another language, that can take this role, it would be a Chinese.
I am really wondering about learning this language. I am not sure however, if this kind of motivation (usefulness) is a proper trigger.
What do you think about this?
Ages ago there were another International languages like Greek or Latin. I think English will not be an exception and it will also pass away from global scope. This not may take years, but maybe decades or even more, but I am sure that this will happen someday.
If I have to point to another language, that can take this role, it would be a Chinese.
I am really wondering about learning this language. I am not sure however, if this kind of motivation (usefulness) is a proper trigger.
What do you think about this?
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If you are working in a field where the time it takes to spreading information is very important, I think I have noticed that the cost of making a translations are too high compared to learning the language in which you will usually get the information.
Ages ago there were other International languages like Greek or Latin.
I think English will not be an exception and it will also pass away from the global scope.
I am really wondering thinking about learning this language.
I think that usefulness is a very good reason to learn a language. I've heard of people who've learned languages for worst reasons. But it takes a lot of motivation to learn a language so just maker sure you can stick with it.
I was wondering whether Chinese was a "good direction"...
If you are working in a field where you spend much of your time spreading information, I think I have noticed that the cost of making a translations is too high compared to learning the language in which you will usually get information.
Ages ago there were other International languages like Greek and Latin.
I think English will not be an exception and it will also pass away from the global scope.
This may not take place within the next few years, but maybe decades or even more, but I am sure that this will happen someday.
You are right about everything.
Many Asian languages, as well as Spanish languages, are taking over the U.S.
However, usefulness is not good motivation because perhaps it's not something you want to do, but rather something you feel like you need to do.
If you find something else that motivates you to learn Chinese that would be best.
Because if you are doing it because of usefulness you may just give up when it gets too hard. Whereas, if you're learning a language because you want to you will continue studying even when it gets hard. You would just find a new song or movie etc. to motivate you more, and you would remember why you wanted to learn it in the first place.
This is how I feel, but at the same time I don't want you to get discouraged about learning it. Just try to find other things to motivate you besides the fact that it will be very convenient at some point. Maybe usefulness will motivate you for a while, but if this is all you're running on your enthusiasm might burn out quickly!
If you are working in a field where it's very important how much time it takes to disseminate information, I think I have noticed that the cost of having things translated is too high compared to learning the language in which you will usually get information.
Ages ago there were other international languages, like Greek or Latin.
If I have to point to another language that can take on this role, it would be Chinese.
I think it is currently too soon to reliably predict what language will eventually displace English as the world's most important lingua franca. Study whatever language interests you. If you decide you want to study another language later, it'll be easier if you've already studied other languages before.