| > | | | | are, about their families and other basic questions |
| Close your eyes and think of yourself giving a | | | | that are polite and personal without being intrusive |
| presentation in Spanish. Or imagine that you've | | | | — it is time to learn a bit more.You may |
| just closed a deal after negotiating without using a | | | | have already picked up some language of the |
| single English word. These may seem such a long | | | | trade you're in just by hearing them, but a useful |
| way off that they're complete fantasy, but they | | | | idea is to find out all the relevant words and |
| are just a couple of illustrations of the advantages | | | | phrases to your job in Spanish. Say you sell |
| of being a fluent Spanish speaker when dealing | | | | computer spares for example, you'll need to find |
| with companies located in the Hispanic world on a | | | | the Spanish for memory chips, monitors, hard |
| regular basis. However, the difficulty can be to | | | | disk drives etc. And if you're in real estate then |
| know where to start. | | | | you'll need to learn the language appropriate for |
| Imagine giving a business presentation entirely in | | | | that.Learning some vocabulary appropriate to your |
| Spanish. Or closing a deal after conducting | | | | business is one step, but you'll find that using the |
| negotiations without ever uttering a word of | | | | words can be difficult unless you can get a grasp |
| English? While these may be long term goals if | | | | of the context. This is why it is important to learn |
| you are just starting out your studies you can | | | | more general conversational Spanish so you can |
| see that there are clear advantages in being able | | | | really understand what is being said and make an |
| to speak fluent Spanish if you deal with | | | | intelligent reply too.While focusing exclusively on |
| companies from Spanish speaking countries on a | | | | the language of meetings can move you forward, |
| regular basis. So where do you start?First things | | | | it is often better to gain a general understanding |
| first and learn how to great people. This will | | | | of Spanish to be able to understand the position |
| always go a long way in helping to forge links and | | | | of where the people you are dealing with. Often |
| cement relationships. By speaking the language of | | | | there are unconscious cultural attitudes that you |
| people you are dealing with you are showing them | | | | can't understand, but by going in deep with |
| courtesy and at the same time showing an | | | | Spanish you begin to understand not only the |
| interest in their own culture and belief systems. | | | | language but the culture and people meaning you'll |
| Once you're happy with dealing with people and | | | | be ready for almost any situation you may find |
| asking simple questions — asking how they | | | | yourself in. |