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When you go to another country your first thought is about how to communicate with the locals. We all learned languages when we were at school but how much of it do you remember? Learning a language is vital and I believe that it is a good thing that most governments put emphasis on the importance of knowing another language. However, it is impossible to learn more than maybe 1 or two other languages. How many Europeans have learnt the chinese language? To learn a language is hard. It requires a lot of personal investment and time. I have browsed several websites and all promise that you can learn a language in no time!

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Now, if you are a businessman do you have time on your side? Probably not. This is the reason why you will be interested in buying the Visual Translation book. This book will enable you to communicate abroad without to have to learn a secondary language. Find out for yourselves.

The visual translation book is not a subsitute to learning a language but it will help you big time on your first travels.

I would still advocate that you learn languages...for the following reasons as detailed on the Kwintessential website:

Why should we learn a foreign language? After all, the whole world speaks English! Ladies and Gentlemen, there's some truth in this argument - but only some! Allow me to give an example from the area which I can perhaps judge best: diplomacy. British diplomats generally have an excellent reputation as extremely professional and efficient. And that specifically includes language skills. Before they're posted to a new country, British diplomats are trained in its language, sometimes for up to a year.

Why do they do that? When you come to a new post, you can only really make full use of your professionalism and efficiency in your host country's language. You can't just rely on English. So having a foreign language in addition to English is vital - as indeed it is in so many other professions.

Educational reasons

Learning a foreign language at the earliest possible age, and by that I mean from between 4 and 5 years old - that is, at nursery and primary school - opens up a whole new dimension for children: it greatly benefits their reading and writing in their own language; there's evidence that, like musical education, it contributes significantly to the development of individual intelligence; and concretely it improves overall results at school.

Cultural reasons

A new language opens up a whole new culture. A foreign language gives us access to another culture, and our lives take on a new dimension. Conversely, to lose a language is to lose a whole culture. This realisation has led to determined efforts to preserve minority languages, including, for example, in Britain, with the renaissance of the Welsh and Gaelic languages. There are similar widespread efforts in Britain to promote community languages, for example by providing application forms in Urdu or other languages. It is a fundamental truth that cultures define themselves through languages.

Personality

By learning a new language, you gain new horizons, but at the same time you reinforce your own identity, and therefore also your self-confidence. A foreign language can contribute to a stronger personality. Apparently foreign languages are even an essential quality of a lover. In Shakespeare's great comedy "Twelfth Night" we hear a gentleman being praised: He plays the viol-de-gamboys, speaks 3 or 4 languages and hath all the good gifts of nature.

Economic reasons

The typical profile expected from future business leaders fully reflects the demands of the globalised world. British language graduates find a good job more easily than others.

Political reasons

Politically, a positive approach in Britain to language learning would have benefits on two different levels. Firstly, it would help to enable Germany to be seen more as a whole rather than just isolated aspects, and to break down a residual antipathy or at least ignorance and indifference. That's of course our number one aim. And secondly, it would help to ensure that Britain does not remain apart in Europe. In my view, it cannot be in Britain's interests to isolate itself politically or culturally.

Now how can universal visual phrasebook going to help you? Well the book is made of eight themes that will help you communicate abroad without speaking the language, which includes transport, health, accommodation, restaurant, finance, buying, leisures and communication. Each theme is marked in the book with a specific colour. All you have to do his point at your interlocutor what you are after!

Learning a language is one thing...making yourself understood is another and my book ensure the latter.

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