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March 10 Spanish Speaker

PROMPT March 10th ▼

How many languages do you speak? If you could instantly learn any language and be able to speak it fluently, what language would you pick? How would you use it and where would you go?

Leo y escribo español mejor de lo que entiendo o hablo. I read and write Spanish better than I understand or speak it. I have translated poems from Spanish to English and I recently helped another poet translate his poem from English to Spanish. I had 4 years of high school Spanish and 1 year of college Spanish but I really can't speak the language.

If I could instantly speak another language fluently, I would choose Spanish because of the number of people I encounter who are Spanish speakers. I live in California where there are many Spanish speakers. I always have to say " mas despacio por favor" slower please. Spanish speakers speak so fast and run words together making it difficult to understand and I don't speak the language enough to feel comfortable responding, especially in business.

Trying to explain insurance to English speakers is hard enough, try and explain insurance to Spanish speakers when your Spanish is limited. For some unknown reason, I have a fairly large clientele of Spanish speakers. There are Spanish speaking insurance agencies, mine isn't one of them. But most of my Spanish speaking clients came to me through word of mouth, they trust me, and are loyal to me, they have been with me for decades. I have one client who is a Mariachi singer who serenades me when visiting the office. I'd love to be able to banter in the language.

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         ~~jvg