Chapman University offers programs in French and Spanish languages. Fullerton College has a foreign languages degree program. The University of California in Irvine offers programs in Chinese, French, German, Japanese, linguistics, Russian and Spanish.
Future employment projections are excellent for Orange County. The overall employment rate for all professions is projected to increase 19% by the year 2012. Employment opportunities for interpreters and translators are projected to increase by about 18%. Jobs for bilingual, foreign language and ESL teachers are expected to increase by 15% during the same time period.
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