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Alfonso Crawford · 01-16-2009, 06:20 AM

My old Spanish-classes appear to have stuck pretty well ("learning in your sleep," and all that), and I might as well pursue it further: Spanish sounds funny, anyway.

What sort of business is lead to by knowing Spanish, eh?

Gemini15 · 01-16-2009, 06:32 AM

I suppose any places that people speak Spanish as their main or second language. Also tourism where Spanish people visit

vMike · 01-16-2009, 10:50 AM

It's second in popularity to English and some 20 countries use it, so could be handy.

Zwynd · 01-16-2009, 11:40 AM

You could be a translator via the Internet or a Spanish-speaking country. You could also work at an embassy which uses the language, a spanish-events club, a Spanish/Mexican restaurant, a tutor/sub-teacher at a local school, and so on.

Reach out and let your name be known if you're really good. Keep a network/contact list and make sure businesses (airports, police stations, hospitals, etc) know you can do near-emergency translation for them if there's an issue (Spanish-only speaking person) and that you have very reasonable rates.

TLDR; There are so many options. Start searching, ask any Spanish-speaking friends where they would find having an interpreter to be important if they were struggling with English.

Edit: As a note, I love languages. Spanish is something I'm working on as well, though a bit slowly right now. I'm also pondering learning Finnish before Chinese or Russian. So many fun languages!

Alfonso Crawford · 01-16-2009, 03:35 PM

You know any good sources for learning Korean, Zwynd?

Zwynd · 01-16-2009, 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Alfonso Crawford

You know any good sources for learning Korean, Zwynd?

Korean!

Mmm, reminds me of homemade Kimchi. I have a really good recipe for it; pm me if you'd like. Actually I wanted to learn it about a year or two ago and still do but it's on the backburner for now. I knew a REALLY good site for Korean...hmm.

*goes through hundreds of bookmarks*

How about I link you this place and you can pick whatever language resources you want to your heart's content? =)

Free Foreign Language Lessons (Download to MP3 Player, iPod or Computer) | Open Culture

borisg · 01-16-2009, 05:21 PM

Date spanish women

{aspiring_to_clarity} · 01-16-2009, 05:36 PM

Quite a few companies in Texas pay more to English/Spanish bilingual employees due to the huge Hispanic population.

newmark · 01-17-2009, 10:58 PM

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Originally Posted by borisg

Date spanish women

Good idea.

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Gemini15 Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Country Victoria, Australia Posts: 56	I suppose any places that people speak Spanish as their main or second language. Also tourism where Spanish people visit

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vMike Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 462	It's second in popularity to English and some 20 countries use it, so could be handy.

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Zwynd Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Everywhere Posts: 377	You could be a translator via the Internet or a Spanish-speaking country. You could also work at an embassy which uses the language, a spanish-events club, a Spanish/Mexican restaurant, a tutor/sub-teacher at a local school, and so on. Reach out and let your name be known if you're really good. Keep a network/contact list and make sure businesses (airports, police stations, hospitals, etc) know you can do near-emergency translation for them if there's an issue (Spanish-only speaking person) and that you have very reasonable rates. TLDR; There are so many options. Start searching, ask any Spanish-speaking friends where they would find having an interpreter to be important if they were struggling with English. Edit: As a note, I love languages. Spanish is something I'm working on as well, though a bit slowly right now. I'm also pondering learning Finnish before Chinese or Russian. So many fun languages!

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Alfonso Crawford Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Clearwater, FL; United States Posts: 364	You know any good sources for learning Korean, Zwynd?

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