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This is part 2 of a very revealing conversation with Jose Baig, a Venezuelan journalist who has lived and worked in 10 countries so far and among several very relevant positions, he has been an international correspondent for the BBC. Also author and creator of La Cocinita de Papá; Dad’s Little Kitchen.

The conversation delves into something we don’t think about very much and it is the different types of Spanish within the United States; and Jose Baig is quite the guy to talk about this since we went across the United States twice talking to Spanish speakers while conducting an study on the subject for the BBC.

And we also talk about the BBC approach to the Spanish language since they’re trying to reach all Spanish speakers around the world. How do they pull that off, if there are different types of Spanish? Is there really something we can call neutral international Spanish? What do you think?

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Are there different types of Spanish? How different?

Today I've got for you José Baig @JoseBaig; who has lived and worked in 10 countries; from Uruguay to Mexico, Spain, Colombia, Argentina, the United States, Venezuela, the United Kingdom, Bolivia and currently in The Netherlands --at least as of this recording.

Someone who’s been international correspondent for the BBC, among a quite impressive list of world class news outlets and institutions. A journalist with a master’s in Latin American Studies; author and creator of La Cocinita de Papá; Dad’s Little Kitchen.

The conversation went into so many interesting places that I had to divide it in three parts.

This is part 1 where we talk about different types of Spanish; but we also go into history and compare English versus Spanish as the language of the conquerors from Europe; and talk about the five different ways of saying “You” in Spanish, which did not end up being super clear, so I’ll talk about it at the end of the episode.

¡Vamos!

Spanish We Do is hosted by José Erre and it's a production of SpanishWeDo.com; a translation and localization team for text, subtitles and voice-over from English into Spanish and Spanish into English.

You can also find us on Twitter

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In part 3 or our opening series, we take a look at the language itself, meaning past and current use of Spanglish --the mixture of Spanish and English--; the evolution of that into something we can call The Switch, the appearance of the term Latinx and we also talk about a bat, yes, a bat, the animal, in Spanish it’s a “murciélago” and how that “murciélago” will reveal to us something very important about the evolution of the Spanish language, and languages in general.

Alicia Civita (@AliciaCivita) --our guest for this three-part series-- is a very seasoned journalist who has covered from hard news to entertainment in Spanish for news outlets such as The Wall Street Journal, El Nuevo Herald, Los Angeles Times and currently for EFE, the largest Spanish news agency in the world.

Part 1 covers the evolution of Spanish in the US over the last three decades and how it's seen today from business to everyday life.

Part 2  dissects current approach and use of Spanish in showbiz.

Spanish We Do is a production of SpanishWeDo.com; a translation and localization team for text, subtitles and voice-over from English into Spanish and Spanish into English.

You can also find us all on Twitter

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What's the relevance and approach to Spanish in US showbiz today?

From Selena Gómez to Michael Peña, Diane Guerrero, Bad Bunny, J Balvin and Julián Castro.

Yes, some sports and politics too --showbiz is everywhere!

This is part 2 of a very revealing conversation between José Erre --Spanish We Do founder-- with Alicia Civita (@AliciaCivita), a very seasoned journalist who has covered from hard news to entertainment in Spanish for news outlets such as The Wall Street Journal, El Nuevo Herald, Los Angeles Times and currently for EFE, the largest Spanish news agency in the world.

Part 1 covers the evolution of Spanish in the US over the last three decades and how it's seen today from business to everyday life.

Part 3 will approach the language itself; from Spanglish to The Switch, neutral Spanish and Latinx.

Spanish We Do is a production of SpanishWeDo.com; a translation and localization team for text, subtitles and voice-over from English into Spanish and Spanish into English.

You can also find us all on Twitter

@AliciaCivita

@JoseErre

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What is the current state of the Spanish language in The United States and how has it changed over the last 25 years?

This is part 1 of a very revealing conversation between José Erre --Spanish We Do founder-- with Alicia Civita (@AliciaCivita), a journalist from Venezuela who moved to the US in 1994 and has worked since for the Spanish news services of Reuters, The Wall Street Journal, EFE, Reader's Digest (Selecciones), El Nuevo Herald, Los Angeles Times, Mamás Latinas --a leading Latinx blog-- and currently again with EFE as an entertainment correspondent. Her arch from hard news to showbiz over 25 years puts her in a unique and broad vantage point to diagnose the current state of the Spanish language in the United States.

Her insights will be extremely valuable for every business or individual interested in the Spanish language; and that --of course!-- includes our translation and localization team.

Part 2 will approach showbiz in particular --where the actual language of society is used.

Part 3 will approach politics, sports, Spanglish --it's not what it used to be-- and "The Switch."

Spanish We Do is a production of SpanishWeDo.com; a translation and localization team for text, subtitles and voice-over from English into Spanish and Spanish into English.

You can also find us all on Twitter

@AliciaCivita 

@JoseErre

@SpanishWeDo