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If job description is in English...

should I also make my CV and CL in English? A job description I am applying for requires French and English fluent. I am fluent in both, but the job description is in English.
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Re: If job description is in English...

Ask them. Send an email (or phone them if you really like the job) and say you have a French CV ready to send but you can translate it into English if that's what they'd prefer.

Oh, and just to be pedantic, it's "fluent French and English" :-) Well, to avoid ambiguity it has to be "fluent French and fluent English" or "fluent in both French and English" but hey.
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Ask them. Send an email (or phone them if you really like the job) and say you have a French CV ready to send but you can translate it into English if that's what they'd prefer.

Oh, and just to be pedantic, it's "fluent French and English" :-) Well, to avoid ambiguity it has to be "fluent French and fluent English" or "fluent in both French and English" but hey.
The job could also require "French & English to be fluent", I guess ...

Definitely agree on the main point though - ask them which they'd like, or whether they'd like both ...
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Re: If job description is in English...

If the job description is in English send the CV & letter in English.
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If the job description is in English send the CV & letter in English.
Agree!

English advertisement = English response required.

Russian advert = Russian response expected

Etc

They are testing how good your English is as part of the application process. Get your application checked by a native English speaker since it is easy to make a few minor errors in any foreign language
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