I had a hunch the other day about learning German as a business language. I surfed the web for a bit and ran into an statistic that blew my mind, but I remained skeptical.
According to this and many other articles, 68% of Japanese students study German.
Now I ask the opinion of the forum, mostly travelers, business owners, playboys and people living in Europe, Japan and China.
1) Are people (especially the girls and business contacts) in Japan and China fluent or have decently fluent German?
2) Is German widely spoken in Europe (Western and Eastern Europe)? If so, what would be a rough percent estimate (from experience) of the people that do? could you mention what countries speak it fluently?
3) What is your experience working with Germans or in Germany as far as Export, Engineering and innovation?
4) What would be a good complement for learning a language after German? I'm fluent in English and Spanish, I was thinking of learning German (easier for me), go for Russian, Mandarin and Arabic in that order?
5) What's your experience working or doing business with Japan, China, Western Europe and Eastern Europe? What languages were mostly spoken?
Thank you
According to this and many other articles, 68% of Japanese students study German.
Now I ask the opinion of the forum, mostly travelers, business owners, playboys and people living in Europe, Japan and China.
1) Are people (especially the girls and business contacts) in Japan and China fluent or have decently fluent German?
2) Is German widely spoken in Europe (Western and Eastern Europe)? If so, what would be a rough percent estimate (from experience) of the people that do? could you mention what countries speak it fluently?
3) What is your experience working with Germans or in Germany as far as Export, Engineering and innovation?
4) What would be a good complement for learning a language after German? I'm fluent in English and Spanish, I was thinking of learning German (easier for me), go for Russian, Mandarin and Arabic in that order?
5) What's your experience working or doing business with Japan, China, Western Europe and Eastern Europe? What languages were mostly spoken?
Thank you
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