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(03-07-2019, 05:24 PM)voynichbombe Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Yes, that's a point. Like today we have google translate
It came to me while looking at my CV today, nowadays we differentiate between knowledge of a foreign language in words or in writing. This may not have been the case at the beginning of 20 CC.
My grand uncle was said to have acquired 6 foreign languages when being prisoner of war in WW I, so the story went "he learned to speak six languages". But in hindsight, this must have been in writing only, because he suffered a severe loss of his sense of hearing due to exposure to shellfire.
Knowing a few words and sentences in Italian does not mean I speak the Italian language. When I read it, I get a glimpse and use a dictionary.