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Interpreting: often misunderstood, occasionally glamorised, and almost never as simple as it looks. This blog dives headfirst into the beautifully tangled world of real-time language work—where meaning is rebuilt on the fly, rules are bent for good reason, and calm exteriors hide frantic brilliance.
Whether you’re a seasoned interpreter or just interpreter-curious, these posts explore what really goes on beneath the polished delivery. Spoiler: it’s less about words, more about judgement, timing, and the occasional leap of linguistic faith.
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¡Cultura de español!
Spain has been one of the cultural centres of Europe for thousands of years. So, you might be forgiven for thinking Spain is only famous for Flamenco music and dance, bullfights, fantastic beaches, and lots of sunshine. Welcome to an interesting journey through the captivating tapestry of Spain’s architecture, arts, culture, traditions, and way of life. In… Read more
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¿Qué tal? – decir lo que tienes que hacer
Decir lo que tienes que hacer/ Saying what you have to do To say that you have to do something in Spanish, you can use tengo que (I have to) followed by the infinitive. I have to… Tengo que hacer una llamada. I have to make a phone call. Esta noche tengo que quedarme en… Read more
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¿Qué tal? – hacer arreglos
Hacer arreglos/ Making plans When organising things with people you know, you can use ¿Qué te parece si…? (Will it be alright if…?) to ask if something suits them. parece comes from the verb parecer (to seem). will it be alright…? ¿Qué te parece si cenamos a las nueve? Will it be alright if we… Read more
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¿Qué tal? – hablando su planes
Hablando su planes/ Talking about your plans You’ll want to make plans with business associates and friends. If you want to talk about a definite arrangement, for instance I’m seeing him tonight, you often use the future tense in Spanish. I´m…ing Veré a Felipe el jueves. I’m seeing Felipe on Thursday. La veré esta tarde.… Read more
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¿Qué tal? – hacer sugerencias
Hacer sugerencias/ Making suggestions When you’re with friends and colleagues, you’ll probably want to suggest doing things together. One simple way of doing this is to use podríamos (we could) followed by the infinitive. podríamos comes from the verb poder. We could… Podríamos quedar otro día. We could postpone until another day. Podríamos salir a… Read more
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¿Qué tal? – expresando opiniones
Expresando opiniones/ Expressing opinions When talking to people you know, You’ll want to say what you think of things. In Spanish there are two main ways of doing this. You can either use creo or pienso, both of which mean literally I think. Or you can use me parece, which means literally it seems to… Read more
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