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How, on a resume, should I describe language level which is above what's commonly described as fluent, but it's not my native language?

It's a language I speak at home, and have been doing so for 10 years.

vartec
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    @jcmeloni: not a duplicate, I've already look at it before posting question and it doesn't answer my question. – vartec Jun 21 '13 at 22:32
  • That's why it says "possible" duplicate. :) FWIW, if I were to answer this question in a general (e.g. not localized) way, my answer wouldn't be any different than my answer on the other one. – jcmeloni Jun 21 '13 at 23:03
  • What is above fluent? – thursdaysgeek Jun 21 '13 at 23:04
  • In other words, as a native English speaker, I would describe my proficiency in English as fluent. – thursdaysgeek Jun 21 '13 at 23:05
  • @thursdaysgeek: "fluent" means that a person speaks without pausing, but doesn't say much about how broad their vocabulary is or how often do they make grammatical mistakes. And as per most resumes, people describing themselves as "fluent" in given language very often don't speak it very well. – vartec Jun 21 '13 at 23:24
  • @scaaahu: except I didn't speak it as a child. By family in this case I mean my wife and children, not my parents. – vartec Jun 22 '13 at 07:04
  • @scaaahu: read the question – vartec Jun 22 '13 at 10:34
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    Hi Vartec, I'm voting to close this as a duplicate to the linked question because I agree that the answer to this question can be found in there. "Fluent" is really the highest level that I know of for a language, and I would expect it to mean the person speaks the language as well as a native speaker, with the possible exception of some slang terms. If there is a term used for beyond fluent, I've never heard of it, and think that question would be more appropriate for English.SE than on The Workplace – Rachel Jun 22 '13 at 13:27

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Personally, I consider "fluent" to be the top, and anything else to be "not fluent". I would caution against being too accurate/cute.

That said, something like "expert" might be unambiguous enough or "bi-lingual in X and Y" as being a clear indication that you are equally awesome at both.

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    +1 for "bi-lingual". That's a good way of putting it if "fluent" is being misused a lot in your area of the world. – Rachel Jun 22 '13 at 14:25
  • Fair enough. The reason I had doubt about fluent is that it's abused by people who's level I'd describe as barely communicative. – vartec Jun 23 '13 at 18:18