A career in foreign languages is a good option for those who have flair for languages. A foreign language is a language not spoken by the people of a certain place.The development in foreign trade, globalization, and upcoming multinationals has provided impetus to this profession. One can find job as tour operators, online content writers, technical translators or decoders, interpreters and translators. Skills in foreign languages like French, German, Russian, Chinese and more recently Japanese, Spanish and Korean are in great demand.

Certificate, diploma or degree courses can be pursued in this field. Some institutes do offer postgraduate or PhD courses extending upto 5-6 years. Eligibility for certificate and degree course is 10+2. JNU is a major institution conducting language courses. For Japanese, there is a language proficiency test conducted by the Mombusho Scholars Association and Alliance Franchise is the centre for conducting various French tests like the TEF (required by the Canadian High Commission), the TCF, DELF /DALF tests and diplomas delivered by the French Ministry of education.For pursuing a career in teaching, a teacher should be a graduate in that foreign language and must have a teaching degree.

One can get employed in industries, publishing houses, research and government organizations such as the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and embassies etc. Other job opportunities for a language specialist are travel and tourism sector, hotel industry, exhibitions and fairs, airline offices, export agencies, radio stations, trade organizations and teaching. For instance, a career in teaching can earn anything from 1000-1500$/month. those working as translators get paid between 4-5$ per page. An interpreters income varies from 20-30$ per hour. One working with embassies can get paid between 750-1000$/month.