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Polyglots, Getting the Attention of Companies in the Philippines


Polyglotism which seems unfamiliar to many is the synonymous term of multilingualism, which is the ability of a person to master multiple languages. Majority of the Filipinos know Filipino and English but does that entail that majority of the Filipinos are polyglots? Well, if that’s the only definition of being polyglots, yes, that could be possible. But the truth is being a “polyglot”, is having a high degree of expertise on their chosen languages with a minimum of 2 languages aside from your native language.

While videos of famous international polyglots are circling all over the web, there are also Filipinos, which are considered polyglots who can also make us proud. They can be found from big Translation Companies in the Philippines or sometimes in BPOs, if you want to know more about them, here is a video from GMA7’s famous documentary show, KMJS:



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