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Old 05-24-2007, 02:41 PM   #571 (permalink)
Akuma Kanji
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Originally Posted by Lubaolong View Post
I'm not going to take the time to respond to every line of this. A few things I will respond to.

1. I am not a PhD student (one of the half truths EEG made up)
2. You know very little about military linguists if you think you had 3 uber translators in your company
3. You know very little about the value of linguists if you are trying to say I'm worthless. There's a reason I get a dozen 6 figure job offers the day after I post my resume.
4. Chinese is one of the most if not the most valuable language right now
5. It's extremely unlikely you could ever learn Chinese as well as I have
6. I speak the truth
A six figure salary does not a Bill Gates make, now does it? We hire entry level folks at six after bonus. You're a piker who thinks he's a great big fish.

I will give one concession: fluency in Mandarin has real value for people involved in business around PRC, although the "lingua franca" remains English if you're representing a US concern.
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