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Which Languages Useful for Engineering ?

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djacobow:
Binary language of moisture vapurators / binary load lifters.

beanflying:
Used to be Fortran, Pascal on a HP3000 mainframe and a Hex keypad for the 6800 micros were my other Languages ..... I am so old than IBM AT's were cutting edge  ;)

In spite of being an EE I worked more in a process environment with Pumps and controls. At the time German was the one language I wished I knew more of apart from 'Australian'. German was in much higher use than any other European language as a second one to English in technical papers and manuals. Prior to what is now a simple task via electronic translators (flawed as they are) breaking down technical German words into 'manageable' chunks was useful and if I still couldn't sort them out break out the German-English dictionary or these days google translate.

If you are just getting going on your career I would go with English First not for personal reasons but it tends to be the second language taught the most widely around the world making it perhaps the most universal. These days it is a toss up between German and Mandarin/Chinese (simplified) depending on your specialty and the countries you will be working with most for another.

Just realized the O.P is Turkish so English and German for you and I am sure you have some knowledge of both to build on. One place I want to go back to and spend another few months  :-+

At my age electronic translations and laughing at the results that gets will have to do me :)

beanflying:

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--- Quote from: beanflying on December 17, 2018, 02:00:53 am ---Mandarin/Chinese (simplified)

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Depending on where you live, Traditional Chinese education may be more accessible due to the prevalence population of decedents of Cantonese immigrants immigrated more than 100 years ago.
And anyway the difference is not that big. I work in teams with members from Mainland China, Taiwan, Singapore and Malaysia. And we don't have problems communicating in both written and spoken Chinese.

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I would agree in Australia for example we did have until recently a much higher percentage of Cantonese speakers but it is now about evenly split due to recent arrivals. If I was younger and still had a 'real' job I would be doing some Mandarin studies would make a lot of sense.

In Turkey however German is very commonly used as a second language and they have some very strong business and social ties to Germany still. So for the OP it makes sense to go down that path.

rstofer:
I spent some time living and working in Singapore.  English is their first language although it is spoken with a decidedly British accent.  I takes a few words spoken before I get in synch.  Best job of my life!

When I was stationed in Germany back in '66-'67, I noticed that most of the young people (say around 20) spoke pretty good English.  The older shopkeepers usually had at least one young person around with whom I could converse.  The fact that I took 4 years of German in high school didn't prepare me for the speed at which Germans can speak their native language.  I could read the signs and menus and that's what was important!

What did German do for me?  I'm convinced that I was shipped to Germany vs Vietnam based on those years of study.  It was a wonderful tour of duty and I really enjoyed the food and drink.

coppice:

--- Quote from: rstofer on December 18, 2018, 02:02:17 am ---I spent some time living and working in Singapore.  English is their first language although it is spoken with a decidedly British accent.

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Are you sure that was Singapore? Singapore and Malaysia have their own very distinctive accent when speaking English, and its nothing like British English.

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