Learning a second (or third!) language has long been considered an important skill in the intelligence community- especially those considered critical languages for American security. But how does that skill end up being used in real world situations? While translation and international coordination are traditional roles for this skillset, for an engineer, computer scientist, or medical professional what roles do language skills have for them in the IC?

Join linguistic specialists from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence as they talk about their career path and help clarify some of these questions and more as they discuss this potentially critical piece of the skillset you might need as you consider a career in the IC.