sorahvxvxv@lemmy.world to Unpopular Opinion@lemmy.world · edit-27 months agoIt's embarrassing and kind of pathetic that most people from the U.S. can only speak one language. The U.S. education system sucks and foreign language learning should be mandatory for everyone.message-squaremessage-square144fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareIt's embarrassing and kind of pathetic that most people from the U.S. can only speak one language. The U.S. education system sucks and foreign language learning should be mandatory for everyone.sorahvxvxv@lemmy.world to Unpopular Opinion@lemmy.world · edit-27 months agomessage-square144fedilink
minus-squarerottingleaf@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months ago Once I learn that language, how do I maintain it? Go online, read books. I’m essentially monolingual again, even though I can understand bits and pieces if necessary. There are books never translated to English, poetry. Anyway, most translations are inferior to their originals. Most people on the planet speak English to some degree, but the cultural heritage in other languages is mostly not available for English speakers. This just makes you disadvantaged.
Go online, read books.
There are books never translated to English, poetry. Anyway, most translations are inferior to their originals.
Most people on the planet speak English to some degree, but the cultural heritage in other languages is mostly not available for English speakers.
This just makes you disadvantaged.