Dear students, colleagues, and faithful friends of the School of Linguistics and Translation,

I am honored to be addressing you, and here is my advice:

We live in an age of multiple cultural identities, and we also must face the challenges imposed by the status quo.

Education faces an unprecedented technological explosion in which technology attempts to have its last word, a word of the future. Educational technology has made undeniable and tremendous progress. Moreover, education faces the challenge of fulfilling the needs of the job market in the present and the future.

This constitutes the cornerstone on which educational policies are built and goes against the traditional and prevailing principle of “science for science.” This principle has produced a lot of science and little application. The big challenge for education today is to produce little science and a lot of applications.

At the School of Linguistics and Translation, we are aware of cultural diversity, and we do our best to make use of it to the advantage of our students, employers in the job market, society, and the whole nation. It is no exaggeration to go beyond this to include all humanity.

At the School of Linguistics and Translation, we are aware of the job market needs. At the same time, we do not ignore the human needs for the light of science. Therefore, we emphasize useful applications to the day to day practices. At the same time, we reinforce scientific research to produce more knowledge. More knowledge leads to more invention and innovation. In return, leads to more job opportunities.

“Do not waste the opportunities available to you. Create more opportunities for the coming generations. No progress will be achieved without advanced science and hard work.”