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When to encourage students to read mathematical literature written in English (in non-English speaking countries)?

There is a lot of mathematical literature in some non-English languages (French, German, Spanish, etc.) that students from these countries don't need to read English literature (at least) for their undergraduate studies. However, in more advanced classes or when a student wants to get closer to research, there is mostly only English literature, i.e., at some point he/she has to start reading mathematical literature written in English.

When should a student be encouraged to read mathematical literature written in English? Why?

(I'm beware that this is not a big problem in countries where there is rarely any native literature.)

Markus Klein
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