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Business Spanish

Cultura Connectionswww.culturaconnections.com

¡Bienvenidos! Welcome to Business Spanish! The Business Spanish podcast will help you develop your skills as a bilingual professional in negotiation and communication, whether you’re in the board room or the break room! This podcast is the first of its kind for beginner to intermediate learners of Spanish who want to improve their practical and professional business communication skills. We’ll take a look at business vocabulary, phrases, and practices in a variety of industries, companies, functions, and countries. You’ll hear interviews of native Spanish speakers discussing their roles and professional experience, and we’ll walk through a variety of scenarios such as negotiations, phone conversations, writing formal business emails, discussing a budget, and working with vendors and customers. Let’s get to work! ¡Manos a la obra!

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Episodes

Laura of Colombia: Cultural Tourism

Send us a textToday we interview Laura, a travel professional from Colombia who organizes cultural and language immersion trips!Learn more about Laura's company on her website: https://smartspanishcamp.com and listen to her business Spanish podcast: https://smartspanishcamp.com/podcast/📝Sign up to receive the notes from this episode: https://www.culturaconnections.com/podcast⚡Download the full transcript and worksheets for this episode: https://businessspanish.lemonsqueezy.com/ 📺Our podcasts ....

Oct 10, 202446 min

Digital Marketing

Send us a textOn this episode we explore the world of digital marketing and social media.📝Sign up to receive the notes from this episode: https://www.culturaconnections.com/podcast📺Our podcasts are now available on YouTube! Please check them out and share: https://tinyurl.com/3n6v737vEmail us with your comments and suggestions for future episode topics!📧BusinessSpanishPodcast@gmail.comFollow us 👍 on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/culturaconnections or https://www.facebook.com/Bu...

Sep 26, 202432 min

Banking

Send us a textOn this episode we'll learn lots of helpful conversation for bank tellers and other professionals who assist in personal banking transactions. 📝Sign up to receive the notes from this episode: https://www.culturaconnections.com/podcast📺Our podcasts are now available on YouTube! Please check them out and share: https://tinyurl.com/3n6v737vEmail us with your comments and suggestions for future episode topics!📧BusinessSpanishPodcast@gmail.comFollow us 👍 on Faceb...

Sep 12, 202436 min

Giving a Business Presentation

Send us a textToday we will learn how to give a professional and polished business presentation. You’ll impress your Spanish-speaking colleagues and boost your confidence when you employ these phrases in the boardroom! 📝Sign up to receive the notes from this episode: https://www.culturaconnections.com/podcast📺Our podcasts are now available on YouTube! Please check them out and share: https://tinyurl.com/3n6v737vEmail us with your comments and suggestions for future episode topics!📧...

Aug 29, 202424 min

The Balance Sheet

Send us a textToday we're talking about financial statements, and in particular, the balance sheet. Crack out your spreadsheets and learn all about el balance general!📝Sign up to receive the notes and performance review template from this episode: https://www.culturaconnections.com/podcast📺Our podcasts are now available on YouTube! Please check them out and share: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBHLCm64XjENK5KrIH3qumOr5-0X_SaPIEmail us with your comments and suggestions f...

Aug 15, 202421 min

Polite Requests and Responses

Send us a textToday we're learning several different ways to make polite formal requests of our work colleagues and polite responses to requests. This episode is full of translation exercises and some grammar review! 📝Sign up to receive the notes and performance review template from this episode: https://www.culturaconnections.com/podcast📺Our podcasts are now available on YouTube! Please check them out and share: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBHLCm64XjENK5Kr...

Mar 01, 202432 min

HR Part 2: Employee Performance Evaluation

Send us a textToday we discuss the an employee performance review or evaluation. Check out our prior Human Resources episodes: Episode 5: Conducting a Job Interview and Episode 23: Human Resources Part 1.📝Sign up to receive the notes and performance review template from this episode: https://www.culturaconnections.com/podcast📺Our podcasts are now available on YouTube! Please check them out and share: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBHLCm64XjENK5KrIH3qumOr5-0X_...

Feb 09, 202423 min

Economist, Banker, Attorney: Interview with my son Alex!

Send us a textToday we meet my oldest son, Alex! Alex tells us about his jobs as a banker and economist, recounts his undergrad in Economics, and discusses his studies in law school. He goes on to describe his own journey studying Spanish and explains how he reached a conversational proficiency. Reach out to Alex on LinkedIn!🖥️Register for our upcoming group class: https://www.culturaconnections.com/register📝Sign up to receive the notes from this episode: https://www.culturaconne...

Jan 05, 202438 min

Human Resources Part 1

Send us a textIn today's episode, we learn important terms relating to Human Resources and analyze two different job postings in Spanish. This episode is related to Episode 5: Conducting a Job Interview.📝Sign up to receive the notes from this episode: https://www.culturaconnections.com/podcast📺Our podcasts are now available on YouTube! Please check them out and share: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBHLCm64XjENK5KrIH3qumOr5-0X_SaPIEmail us with your comments and suggestions for...

Dec 08, 202322 min

Interview with Marco from Chile: International Finance and Entrepreneurship

Send us a textToday we travel to Chile to meet with Marco, a successful entrepreneur and former specialist in international finance. Check out Marco's podcast where he interviews me: From English to Spanish: Reflections from An American Teacher https://latinele.com/from-english-to-spanish/Visit the Latin ELE website https://latinele.com/ ...and listen to Marco's podcast Español para Negocios: https://www.spreaker.com/show/espanol-para-negocios-de-latin-ele📝Sign up to receive the t...

Nov 16, 202334 min

Negotiations Part 2

Send us a textToday we build upon the negotiation terms we learned in Episode 18 and analyze two business negotiation dialogs. You can review Part 1 on Business Negotiations in this episode: https://www.culturaconnections.com/post/business-spanish-negotiations-part-1.📝Sign up for a free Spanish class! Check out our beginner course here: https://www.culturaconnections.com/register.🌎Visit our new website and sign up to receive all the notes and translations from today's episode! htt...

Oct 24, 202328 min

Empanadas & Empower: Carolina from Argentina

Send us a textJoin us today as we visit with Carolina, a business advisor with Empower and small business owner of 🇦🇷Argentina's Empanadas from my hometown of Wichita, Kansas, in the United States.📝Sign up to receive the transcript and notes from this episode: https://www.culturaconnections.com/podcastFind out more about 🌮Hispanic Heritage Month here on our website: https://www.culturaconnections.com/post/hispanic-heritage-month.Today's interview is related to our last episode, Starting...

Sep 28, 202348 min

Starting A Business

Send us a textOn today's episode, we don our entrepreneurial hats and learn the 🔟steps to starting our own business! Whether you are a business advisor or planning to launch your start-up in a Spanish-speaking country, you'll find today's lesson invaluable!🌎Visit our new website and sign up to receive all the notes and translations from today's episode! https://www.culturaconnections.com/podcast📺Our podcasts are now available on YouTube! Please check them out and share: https...

Sep 13, 202324 min

Negotiations Part 1

Send us a textToday, we step inside the boardroom and learn key vocabulary, phrases, and examples of Spanish business negotiation. On a future episode, we'll put this knowledge into practice listening to negotiation dialogues. 🌎Visit our new website and sign up to receive all the notes and translations from today's episode! https://www.culturaconnections.com/podcast📺Our podcasts are now available on YouTube! Please check them out and share: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=P...

Aug 22, 202331 min

Tax Time!

Send us a textIn this episode we put on our tax pro hats and pay a visit to the IRS. Learn all about income taxes, deductions, credits, withholdings, and most importantly, REFUNDS. We will present some new terms then walk through some press release translations.Discover even more tax terms on the IRS's Spanish website: https://www.irs.gov/es.📺Our podcasts are now available on YouTube! Please check them out and share: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBHLCm64XjENK5KrIH3qumOr5-0X_S...

Apr 21, 202327 min

Interview with Dr. Bolaños, author of "¿De Dónde Venimos, Guatemala?"

Send us a textToday we return to Guatemala for part 2 of our interview with Dr. Ramiro Bolaños. Today, Dr. Bolaños shares how he came to speak seven languages, then provides an introduction to his new book ¿De Dónde Venimos, Guatemala? Check out Ramiro's book on Amazon: ¿De dónde venimos, Guatemala? Las civilizaciones originales: Historias del origen de los guatemaltecos y de su pasado mesoamericano. Tomo I.📺Our podcasts are now available on YouTube! Please check them out a...

Mar 29, 202347 min

Where's the Toilet Paper?! A Supply Chain Case Study

Send us a textToday we learn how to discuss supply chain management in Spanish . We will define the supply chain and discuss the objectives and common activities in a typical supply chain. We will review a simple example, then turn our focus to a recent phenomenon: the COVID toilet paper shortage. In this episode we will provide key vocabulary in supply chain management and translate the above sections into English. Special thanks to Economipedia.com for their invaluable resources! 📺Our...

Mar 14, 202337 min

Bilingüística: Soledad from Argentina

Send us a textToday we meet Soledad, a native of Argentina. Sol manages a successful language training business named Bilingüística and is also a certified translator, all while traveling throughout Eastern Europe! We will introduce some new vocabulary and provide English explanations throughout this interview.🇦🇷Be sure to visit Sol's website https://traduprofe.com/PROFE/home.html and check out her Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/bilinguistica!📺Our podcasts are now availabl...

Feb 23, 202350 min

The Business Meeting

Send us a textToday we learn how to confidently conduct a business meeting in Spanish . We will learn some helpful phrases and vocabulary and listen to a brief meeting between three Spanish-speaking business professionals. In a future episode, we will take the meeting a step further and work on our Spanish negotiation skills. 📺Our podcasts are now available on YouTube! Please check them out and share: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBHLCm64XjENK5KrIH3qumOr5-0X_SaPI🌎Visit ...

Feb 09, 202325 min

Morning Zen: Adrián of Panamá

Send us a textToday we interview a successful businessman, entrepreneur, and book author from Panamá. Our guest Adrián tells us about his new book Morning Zen, which will help you empower your life by transforming your mornings. He also explains why his country is such an attractive location for expats and international corporations, and gives us some tips for starting our day with our best foot forward. 📖🔎Learn more about Adrián's book here! https://newperspectiva.com/morni...

Jan 25, 202328 min

The Stock Market

Send us a textToday we take a stroll down Wall Street and learn to talk about stocks and investments like a pro! 💵💹You will learn key terms relating to financial securities, stock exchanges, and the process of listing corporate shares in the public market. 📺Our podcasts are now available on YouTube! Please check them out and share: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBHLCm64XjENK5KrIH3qumOr5-0X_SaPI🌎Visit our website for the vocabulary, texts, and translations for this episo...

Jan 12, 202340 min

Interview with Guatemalan CEO, Ph.D, Polyglot, and Book Author Ramiro Bolaños

Send us a textToday we travel to Guatemala to speak with Ramiro Bolaños and learn of his analytics consulting firm that partners with U.S. credit score giant FICO. Ramiro will explain the origins of his company and the type of operations research-based consulting services they provide. We analyze technical language related to optimizations models for inventory and pricing scenarios. In a future episode, Ramiro will discuss his new book and share his secrets for language learning.V...

Dec 08, 202239 min

Business E-mail: ¡A escribir!

Send us a textIn today's episode we learn the best practices and useful phrases when composing a formal business e-mail. We provide three examples of business e-mails and discuss translations of each. 📧An e-mail is often the first impression you make in a business relationship, so it's important to get it right! 🤝Review how to make a great first impression in person in Episode 1: https://businessspanish.buzzsprout.com/2020654/11165898-making-a-great-first-impress...

Nov 15, 202244 min

María from Venezuela: Oil to Automotive and Beyond

Send us a textIn this episode we speak with María, a Venezuelan native who has worked in the oil and automotive industries, gives Spanish lessons, and is developing Spanish educational materials. We test our listening comprehension in this episode with a series of questions and answers related to the interview.Visit María's website here: https://spanish-conversation.com/Business Spanish on YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBHLCm64XjENK5KrIH3qumOr5-0X_SaPIVisit our...

Nov 03, 202249 min

The Customer is Always Right! Spanish Customer Service

Send us a textIn this episode we focus on customer service terms and best practices. We start by learning new vocabulary, and incorporate these new terms into several translation exercises. Finally, we listen to three Spanish dialogs of a customer and service representative resolving issues. Business Spanish on YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBHLCm64XjENK5KrIH3qumOr5-0X_SaPIVisit our website for the customer service vocabulary, translation exercises, dialogs and dialo...

Oct 18, 202230 min

From Lemons to Lemonade: Interview with Entrepreneur Sandra, Part 2

Send us a textIn this episode of Business Spanish, we continue our conversation with former Coca-Cola Mexico executive Sandra (listen to part 1 of her interview in Episode 2). Today she explains how she made the switch from corporate business woman to successful entrepreneur, and made lemonade from the lemons life threw her way. First we introduce some vocabulary and practice exercises. Then during the interview, we pause to review each segment and explain key concepts. Connect with San...

Oct 04, 202240 min

Conducting a Job Interview

Send us a textIn this episode of Business Spanish, we are hiring! We learn several terms related to employment interviews and hiring, and use them in translation exercises. Then, we go over several common questions asked in a job interview and listen to some possible responses to those questions. Visit our website for key hiring and interview terms and questions: https://www.alcanzabala-international.com/post/business-spanish-conducting-a-job-interviewEmail me with your comments a...

Sep 20, 202233 min

Aviation Procurement: Entrevista con Juliana Martín

Send us a textIn this episode of Business Spanish, we chat with Julianne, a procurement professional for an international aircraft manufacturer. As she tells us about her company and her role as a buyer, we pause the conversation to review key points and vocabulary. In a future bonus episode, Julianne will join us again to recount her travels in Latin America and explain her journey in learning Spanish.Visit Julianne's company here: Bombardier Connect with Julianne here. Vi...

Sep 09, 202229 min

International Balloon Company: Conducting Fiesta Business in Latin America

Send us a textIn this episode of Business Spanish, Michelle recounts her work with Latin American distributors in the party balloon business. We listen to a Spanish narrative of her responsibilities, then analyze the business terms in the passage. Visit our website a transcript and translation of the narrative and key business terms: https://www.alcanzabala-international.com/post/business-spanish-podcast-international-balloon-company-conducting-fiesta-business-in-latin-amer...

Aug 31, 202233 min

Interview with Sandra: Coca-Cola Mexico Executive and Entrepreneur, Part 1 of 2

Send us a textIn this episode of Business Spanish, we speak one-on-one with a former information systems executive of Coca Cola Mexico. In this interview, Sandra recounts her path of professional development and shares how her team was key to the digital transformation of a corporate giant in the Mexico City metro area. During the interview, we pause to translate parts of Sandra's interview and review Spanish business terms she uses.Note: At 6:58 the term should be pronounced "planta mo...

Aug 28, 202232 min
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