What is the employment prospect of Arabic?

There are more boys studying Arabic, mainly because many Arab countries are unwilling to accept female job seekers, so it is relatively easy for boys to find jobs in Arab countries. However, in the exam, girls' Arabic scores are generally higher than boys'. Zhou Lie, deputy secretary of the Party Committee of Beijing Foreign Studies University and doctoral supervisor, said: "Now the ratio of male to female students studying Arabic is 7: 3."

The employment prospects of minority languages are better.

Although there are great differences between boys and girls, many students still choose Arabic because they are optimistic about the employment opportunities of "small languages". Relevant persons in foreign universities said that students who graduated from "small languages" such as Arabic have optimistic employment intentions, and some units will directly find important people to come to the school, while most students will consider applying for civil servants, entering overseas institutions or taking postgraduate examinations, so that they will have the opportunity to engage in translation work or study in Middle Eastern countries such as Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Iraq, Libya and Egypt. Engaged in foreign affairs translation in embassies, economic and trade commissions, the Ministry of Health or large enterprises in Middle East countries or doing translation in foreign-funded enterprises.

Arabic translation is a popular occupation in Yiwu, Zhejiang. Because there are businessmen from Arab countries gathered there, about 300,000 businessmen travel between Arab countries and Yiwu every year, and there are many employment opportunities.

The scores of college entrance examination in Arabic and Italian are not low, even much higher than those in Russian, but people still flock to apply for the exam, which is also related to the optimistic employment prospects of these "small languages". In view of this phenomenon, some domestic universities have also joined the ranks of Arabic talents training. According to experts, the number of universities offering Arabic majors in China has increased from 7 to 24.

As we all know, Arabic is difficult to learn. "People who have studied Arabic read an article they just got and don't understand the meaning. I think it is qualified." Zhong Jikun, president of the Arabic Literature Research Association of China and professor of Arabic Department of Peking University, who attended the meeting, said, "Its difficulties are manifold, and the changes in pronunciation and grammar alone are very complicated. Although Arabic has only 28 letters, due to grammatical changes and other reasons, a letter may have four pronunciations. "

The language that people master the most now is of course English.