I know this might sound a little silly, but you never know if you don’t ask.
I am an 18 year old German college student and have to absolve a 4-8 week long mandatory internship next year. I’m specialising in international correspondence and translation, so it would be best for me to go to either Japan or an English-speaking country (since Japanese and English are the language courses I’m taking).
I am fluent in German and English, but by next year I should probably only be at level N4 (maybe N3 if I REALLY lock in).
I was thinking about just going to New Zealand, but I have heard a lot about former students who have gone to Japan for their mandatory internship (mainly at primary schools or German-Japanese companies), so I was actually getting my hopes up for Japan.
I can basically work in any field, so my only obstacle is my insufficient Japanese knowledge.
Should I still keep looking and write to companies in hope for an (unpaid) position for just 1 or 2 months? Or do I just give up?