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potential career choices for someone bilingual in a tier IV language?

KevarKevar regular
edited September 2008 in Help / Advice Forum
So I'm going into the Air Force next year to become an interpretor in a tier IV language (either Korean, Chinese, or Arabic - I don't get to choose, but it's probably Arabic) and I intend to get a bachelor's while in active duty, but I can't decide what I should focus toward, or what is complimented by fluently speaking two languages. I'd like to hear about some potential career choices that would be good with what I'll learn from the DLI. I prefer things that don't involve math, because I have a lot of difficulty mentally processing anything at calculus or above.

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  • illigillig Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    any kind of business degree will be useful... you can then work for an international company

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  • kaliyamakaliyama Left to find less-moderated fora Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Be a civvie intel analyst for one of our nation's many fine intelligence agencies? Or be a contractor doing same, for more $$. (most contractor work isn't like blackwater or whatever, tho i'm sure that pays well.) There's a lot of government/nat'l security work that could use you.

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  • ThanatosThanatos Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    English is a good degree if you want to go into translation. Business degrees are good, too, as was already mentioned. Economics would be good as well (depending on the program, you may not need calculus for a BA). If you wanted to go into intelligence analysis, Religion would probably be good (with a focus on Islam).

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  • DalbozDalboz Resident Puppy Eater Right behind you...Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Just about anything. You could study English to do translations or be teacher. Business, technology, it's all good. My cousin majored in comp sci., but the company he worked for after college was attracted to him because of his minor in German, because they did a lot of work in Germany and felt safe in sending him over there to deal with their clients. So really, your options are pretty wide open.

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  • KevarKevar regular
    edited September 2008
    Thanks all. I'll do some more research into all of those fields. Keep it coming if anyone has other suggestions.

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  • EriosErios Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Business, Anthropology, Sociology, Statistics, International Relations.

    Basically anything in the social sciences and business. Especially in the case of East Asian languages.

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