The city of London is not only the United Kingdom's capital city, it is one of the most affluent and populous cities in the world. Located in the south east of England, the city has 5 hugely busy airports, a complicated network of roads and railways and a direct link to Paris. London is widely considered as one of the most multi-cultural cities on earth. Londoners are proud of this fact, but with so many foreign workers coming to the city, there are inevitable language barriers to overcome.
The whole world is now a global marketplace, so multilingual employment opportunities such as translation jobs are relatively plentiful. London's status as a major centre for business and finance across the world means many companies need staff to translate speech and the written word into English. Large banks such as Barclay's and HSBC trade in dozens of countries throughout the world, so they have a constant requirement for multilingual workers. Indeed, workers in other disciplines who can demonstrate a fluency in a second language can increase their salary potential. Other organisations with a need for multilingual workers include national embassies, government offices and export companies.Local recruitment agencies are not necessarily looking for candidates with formal qualifications in a language; the ability to converse freely in any given language is far more important.