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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you are not Chinese there is no point in selecting a nanny for Mandarin.  If you have no cultural links to another language, Spanish will be the most useful.  Many people in the US speak it.  [/quote]

Lot of Manhattanites are paying through the nose for Mandarin speaking nannies.[/quote]

Why?

[b]Business in China is conducted in English. You don’t have any sort of edge in terms of getting a job by speaking mandarin. [/b]

Spanish helps you in your daily life in the US, and it helps with business domestically and abroad (far less bilingual businessmen in Spanish speaking countries).

I got my job in DC since I’m proficient in Spanish. [/quote]

I am a corporate attorney that learned Mandarin to work in China. I think people keep telling themselves business is conducted in English to feel less insecure. Or people are speaking English to you because they know you not speak Chinese. Even if you don't become fluent in Chinese, it gives you an edge to know the language because it shows an understanding of the culture and a level of respect towards your Chinese associates.[/quote]

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