Polyglot
1. A person having a speaking, reading, or writing knowledge of several languages.
2. A book, especially a Bible, containing several versions of the same text in different languages.
3. A mixture or confusion of languages.
Despite my genuine interest in learning Spanish, I’ve decided to put that off for a while and to listen to my instincts. I am much more advanced in my French abilities and often seek out French websites, radio stations, etc. I also found an NYU Continuing and Professional Studies Certificate Program for translation of legal documents from French to English. Of course, there is also a course for Spanish to English, and that will be useful for another day.
And so, to prevent the risk of dilletantism taking over my pursuits of genius, I am going to take some French conversation and/or general French classes this summer at the Alliance Francaise here in NYC. Hopefully, after a summer brush-up, I will be able to get into the Translation certificate program.
Once I’ve mastered one language, then I will return to my lingual dilletantism and work on my Spanish, Russian, Chinese, and German. Not necessarily in that order
