Why a Language is beneficial in this Sector
- Computing, Telecommunications, Big Data, Social Media & Cloud Computing are all fast-developing industries based in Ireland with a global outlook
- Localisation is the provision of software & documentation for different languages. There is increasing demand for technical communicators to help product users easily understand the product
- There are many Computing & ICT careers that involve linguistics for predictive text, speech recognition and machine translation
- There are a large number of technical support & sales careers for language graduates. Having another language can also allow you to travel abroad on behalf of the company
- The video gaming industry employs translators as these games need to be adapted for non-English speakers to understand also
In today's globalised and post-Brexit world, foreign language skills have become even more important across all sectors of the Irish economy. As one of the world’s most open economies, we rely a lot on foreign direct investment from multi-national companies right across the world. Irish-based enterprises need to diversify into other markets such as the EU, China and India, to name but a few. A key element to allow for this diversification is having enough young, well-educated and multi-lingual employees to service these needs.
There are a large number of college courses where you can study a foreign language as part of your degree. You can decide to study your desired language as a stand-alone language degree or you can opt to include your favourite language as part of your degree alongside your main discipline. Whatever way you decide to pursue your language studies, it will give you a richer college experience and broaden your future opportunities.
