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[QUOTE="fresh_42, post: 6075183, member: 572553"] What do you want to say? As markets with growth rates over so many years as the Asian markets, there is certainly an economic pressure to get involved. This might partially require to learn those languages. As far as science is concerned: the "common" language, at least in the main fields we debate here, has always changed throughout history: Greek, Arabic, Latin, French, German, and now English. I think English won't lose this position any time soon, simply because it is so easy to learn - at least to the level needed to communicate in STEM areas, I do not talk about literature. Additionally it uses a quite simple alphabet compared to many Asian languages. Thus we will have to distinguish economic requirements and scientific standards. The former will probably lead to more people learning, say Mandarin, but I do not expect the international language of STEM conferences (and probably more than just STEM) to change anytime soon. [/QUOTE]
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