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Carol Kaur said:
Structure is OK, I speak enough of the language to understand it. Slang is a problem....jargon is the biggest issue!

One of our customers e-mailed me in Spanish. I don't start my day untl late afternoon so my boss put the e-mail through an online translator to see if the issue was urgent.

The translation started as "I noticed something when I marked my cell phone" and got less understandable from there.

I was laughing out loud when my boss was asking about "marking a cell phone".

In Spanish the verb marcar means "to mark" and all the online translators use this verb as "to mark."

BUT....marcaralso means (essentially) "to dial"...which is a very important verb in our business! :D :D

So...what the guy was really trying to do was say he noticed something CALLED his cell phone. Big difference ;)
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Well, at least you got a good laugh today! I'm picturing a monster running rampant with a marker... Guard your cellphones! At least you have a good grasp on Spanish! Maybe they'll decide to move you to dayshift!
 
it will be close to zero tonight. I'm going to try to leave early
 
Carol Kaur said:
Structure is OK, I speak enough of the language to understand it. Slang is a problem....jargon is the biggest issue!

One of our customers e-mailed me in Spanish. I don't start my day untl late afternoon so my boss put the e-mail through an online translator to see if the issue was urgent.

The translation started as "I noticed something when I marked my cell phone" and got less understandable from there.

I was laughing out loud when my boss was asking about "marking a cell phone".

In Spanish the verb marcar means "to mark" and all the online translators use this verb as "to mark."

BUT....marcaralso means (essentially) "to dial"...which is a very important verb in our business! :D :D

So...what the guy was really trying to do was say he noticed something CALLED his cell phone. Big difference ;)
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Yeah, its amazing how the way something is said can have so many meanings. The majority of guys that I used to work with were all from Puerto Rico. However, there was one guy that was from Columbia. I'm not fluent by any means, but between the 2 groups, I learned alot about the differences.
 
Drac said:
Couldn't hurt...Drive carefully m'dear...There are TOO many idiots who believe that a 4X4 will stop faster so they drive faster..
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That the do..and I try not to be one of those idiots meself. You still have me around for a bit though, I prolly won't be able to leave until 930 or 10
 
tkdgirl said:
Well, at least you got a good laugh today! I'm picturing a monster running rampant with a marker... Guard your cellphones! At least you have a good grasp on Spanish! Maybe they'll decide to move you to dayshift!
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LOLOLOL!!!!! That's probably what my boss had in his mind, too.

I'd love to move to day shift but that is going to be a long while off, I'm afraid. We don't have much turnover here
 
MJS said:
Yeah, its amazing how the way something is said can have so many meanings. The majority of guys that I used to work with were all from Puerto Rico. However, there was one guy that was from Columbia. I'm not fluent by any means, but between the 2 groups, I learned alot about the differences.
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We have customers in Columbia, El Salvador, Ecuador, and Mexico....and the Spanish that was taught when I was in school was the Castillian Spanish from Spain. So...they all have their differences. Sometimes the guys laugh at me when I make a comment using a Castillian phrase. At least they know I'm trying :D
 
Carol Kaur said:
We have customers in Columbia, El Salvador, Ecuador, and Mexico....and the Spanish that was taught when I was in school was the Castillian Spanish from Spain. So...they all have their differences. Sometimes the guys laugh at me when I make a comment using a Castillian phrase. At least they know I'm trying :D
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That's always a start! Well, I'm going to go. Everyone have a good night and good day tomorrow, safe travels too! Me, I have to be at work at 7 a.m.
 
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