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I met a clever man today...

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  1. l[dip]l l[dip]l is offline

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    Sep 7th, 2007 (9/7/2007 9:40pm)

    Whilst being driven home from a poker club tonight I got talking to my cab driver. He hated his job, and wished more than anything to go to university, however couldnt because of fiancial reasons.

    His ideal career is law. He can speak 4 languages (English, Russian and two forms of Indian), but has no official qualifications. Is there a way out of this cab driving hole for this man?

    If you can think of any career that he could do please post it. A translator seems the mosto obvious thing for him to be. Does any one have any insights into the industry of translation?

    Ty
  2. tekiller tekiller is offline

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    Sep 7th, 2007 (9/7/2007 9:42pm) in reply to l[dip]l

    international manwhore?
  3. l[dip]l l[dip]l is offline

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    Sep 7th, 2007 (9/7/2007 9:44pm) in reply to tekiller

    knew whore would be the first reply. NJ
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  4. tekiller tekiller is offline

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    Sep 7th, 2007 (9/7/2007 9:46pm) in reply to l[dip]l

    eh got it out the way
  5. The Alchemist The Alchemist is offline

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    Sep 7th, 2007 (9/7/2007 9:50pm) in reply to l[dip]l

    learn how to kill people and join a govt agency for covert ops
  6. SICKTIGHT311 SICKTIGHT311 is offline

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    Sep 8th, 2007 (9/8/2007 2:42am) in reply to l[dip]l

    Jizzmopper.
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    Sep 8th, 2007 (9/8/2007 2:43am) in reply to l[dip]l

    Taxi Spy
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    Sep 8th, 2007 (9/8/2007 4:01am) in reply to The Alchemist

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  9. XIAGuy XIAGuy is offline

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    Sep 8th, 2007 (9/8/2007 7:44am) in reply to l[dip]l

    Unfortunately, when you say that he speaks English and "two forms of Indian", you've described most of the people I know from India. The typical pattern is that just about everybody speaks English and Hindi as well as the native language of their state (Kannada, Tamil, Gujarati, Assamese, Malayalam, or whatever) So, while I admit that I don't know much about the job market for translators, I'm not sure he's got a special skill there. (I'm not sure how much the Russian helps him there)

    What I do know a fair amount about is the world of off-shoring (particularly IT off-shoring) and my thought is that he might be able to work an angle there. He's got cultural knowledge of the country you're in (from your profile, I'm assuming he's in Netherlands) and he may well have knowledge of other countries as well. If he still has knowledge of and ties to his native country and state, he might be of value in helping companies move forward with their off-shoring plans.

    A bit vague, I know, but it's the best I've got.
  10. jackdiesel57 jackdiesel57 is offline

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    Sep 8th, 2007 (9/8/2007 7:53am) in reply to l[dip]l

    He could run a Kwiki Mart
  11. Fox Fox is offline

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    Sep 8th, 2007 (9/8/2007 10:19am) in reply to l[dip]l

    The most important thing is to get out of cab driving, it's a dead end job with no chance of promotions and no on the job training to apply to any other good job. Cab driving can eat your life. I drove cab for three years, didn't mind it at all, but when I quit I realized I had jsut wasted three years.

    Unless he has a big family to support and other financial draws, he can definitely put himself through school cab driving, it's a good job for doing homework between runs.

    You have to be very fluent to be a translator for languages that are more common, especially Hindi, because there are so many people who want to do the job. I'm sure his Hindi is excellent, but how is his English?

    Let me know if there is anything I can do to help, I've worked with some folks in Minnesota with a similar problem and might have some insight if you are serious about helping this fellow.

    And yes, some of the smartest people I have ever met are cab drivers.
  12. SluggerWV SluggerWV is offline A picture is worth a thousand words.

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    Sep 8th, 2007 (9/8/2007 10:22am) in reply to l[dip]l

    i like the title of the thread
  13. Luckpete Luckpete is offline

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    Sep 8th, 2007 (9/8/2007 11:24am) in reply to SluggerWV

    He could become an American director and try to inject the US moviegoer with some of that famous Indian Improv.
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