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soft question - What are good non-English languages for mathematicians to know? - MathOverflow
4 days ago by nhaliday
I'm with Deane here: I think learning foreign languages is not a very mathematically productive thing to do; of course, there are lots of good reasons to learn foreign languages, but doing mathematics is not one of them. Not only are there few modern mathematics papers written in languages other than English, but the primary other language they are written (French) in is pretty easy to read without actually knowing it.
Even though I've been to France several times, my spoken French mostly consists of "merci," "si vous plait," "d'accord" and some food words; I've still skimmed 100 page long papers in French without a lot of trouble.
If nothing else, think of reading a paper in French as a good opportunity to teach Google Translate some mathematical French.
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Even though I've been to France several times, my spoken French mostly consists of "merci," "si vous plait," "d'accord" and some food words; I've still skimmed 100 page long papers in French without a lot of trouble.
If nothing else, think of reading a paper in French as a good opportunity to teach Google Translate some mathematical French.
4 days ago by nhaliday
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