Editing User:Jukeboksi/BBA studies/Language skills

= English =

== Language tools and resources==
* http://www.onelook.com - look up English words in English from over 500 dictionaries with one search
* http://www.etymonline.com  - look up etymologies of English lang words. '''Start with [http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=Business&searchmode=none etymology of the word "business"]'''
* http://www.wordreference.com - free high quality dictionaries
* http://www.memrise.com - Language learning environment with a plethora of learning programs
* http://ankisrs.net - A less automized [[w:spaced repetition]] flash card program and associated web-interface when you don't have an installation handy

== Courses ==
* [[Business English]]
* [[Multicultural Business Communication in English]]

== Observations on Business English ==
{{Q|'''Market slang''' contains a lot of synonyms and words with overlapping meanings ( e.g. capital, equity, shares, stock, investments, holdings, assets etc. almost used interchangeably ) and could be argued that this is done intentionally to render investorspeak non-understandable for the non-investor. Like all cliques and guilds ( lawyers, doctrors etc. ) develop language to make their trade harder for others ( outsiders ) to understand.|jubo-jubo|terminology and cliques}}

== Recommended reading ==
* [[w:The Stock Exchange (book)]] written by [[w:Max Weber]] in 1894-1896  in what is now [[w:Germany]] at under 100 pages it was originally published as a 2-part informational leaflets for workers suspicious and out-of-the-loop in of the ways of the bourses it remains to this date a very relevant and almost essential read should you want begin to understand the flavours of modern [[w:investment]].

= Finnish =

* <big>Suomenkielisen Wikipedian '''[[w:fi:Luokka:Liiketalous]]''' on merkittävä relevanttien artikkelien kokoelma.</big>
* [[Finnish for Business Purposes]] ( in Finnish )
* [[Finnish for foreigners]]
* [http://www.memrise.com/courses/english/finnish/ Memrise.com courses of Finnish]

== Learn legal Finnish with translations ==
* [http://www.finlex.fi/en/laki/kaannokset/ Translations of finnish laws and regulations at finlex.fi] compare [http://www.finlex.fi/fi/ Legistlation of Republic of Finland and more onlinein Finnish and Swedish]

= Swedish =

* [[Affärsvenska]] - [[Business Swedish]] - [[Swedish for foreigners]]

= French =
* http://www.memrise.com/course/131350/french-conjugation-easy/ Very good conjugation course suitable for beginners and advanced alike
* http://www.memrise.com/course/2086/450-most-common-french-verbs/ Nice verbery for basic stuff

* [[Français pour debutants 1]] - [[Français pour debutants 2]] - [[Fraçais intermediaire 1]] - [[Fraçais intermediaire 2]] - [[Business French]] - [[French Business Communication]]

= Russian =
* http://translit.ru - quick hack for typing cyrilics using a western keyboard lay-out

= Places =
* [http://lib.eduskunta.fi Library of The Parliament of Finland] is situated in the "Postitalo" right at the core of Helsinki ([http://lib.eduskunta.fi/Resource.phx/kirjasto/sijainti.htx map]). In addition to having all laws and all regulations legistlated by the parliament, they offer wide variety of weekly and monthly magazines from all over the world. '''Free entry.'''