Career Focus
Science's Language Challenges
Three Spanish-speaking physicists describe some career challenges in a scientific world dominated by English—and how institutions can help level the playing field.
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Spanish is the official language in over 20 countries, accounting for more than 450 million speakers. This can be a great advantage for native Spanish speakers in those countries. Yet many young people born in Spanish-speaking countries wish to study or work in places in which they face the necessity of learning a different language. And in science, that language requirement is English.
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