decisions, decisions...(an unpaid-account poll)

[dchenes]

Given that:
(a) I can take Harvard extension school courses for cheap in three months, and
(b) the extension school offers language classes, and
(c) I want to make a living off knowing languages, and
(d) none of the French classes they offer will do anything for me,

Which of the following should I start with? (listed in no particular order)

A. Spanish
B. Italian
C. Russian
D. German
E. Japanese
F. Chinese
G. Korean
H. Arabic
I. Hindi
J. Irish Gaelic
K. Greek

Comments

German or Chinese

[cuilean.livejournal.com]

Since you know French as well as you do, you have such a root in the romance languages that you can understand and be understood in Spanish and Italian.

I'd say pick up German, and then you can translate almost anywhere you go in Europe... or Chinese, because despite it being broken into many dialects, there's going to be a need for translation between the only two real superpowers of the world (and I'm not referring to Microsoft Vs. Everyone Else.)