[bigbob]

Concur on the French. I have a friend who lives in Paris, works for top-drawer finance companies as a manager and consultant in IT and cybersecurity, and who speaks four languages, including obviously French. He says many days the only time he speaks French is when he orders lunch. English is the language of business and technology. Study French for fun maybe, but if she wants a language that would be a marketable skill, learn Chinese.

[Tai_Chung]

She can understand Mandarin, but can’t read or write.

[mountn man]

For a European language in business, there is only one, other than English and that would be German.

Germany is the economic driver of Europe.

[the_Watchman]

I work for a French company and have traveled to Europe so many times that I have a million miles with American Airlines. I can hold a very rudimentary conversation in French, but it just isn’t necessary. English is the universal language for technologists.