| It's no secret that the Spanish market is
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| | native speaker of a Spanish dialect and
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| booming in the United States,
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| | the lingual abilities of someone who is a
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| particularly the Hispanic market.
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| | descendant of a native speaker living
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| After several generations of people from
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| | abroad.
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| Latin America and South America
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| | As we know and some of you may have
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| establishing roots as American citizens
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| | witnessed personally, when people move to
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| in the southern states and the west coast
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| | other regions or pass their mother tongue
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| of the US predominantly, the time has
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| | onto their children after they have
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| come for society to recognize the rich
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| | emigrated, the purity of the dialect may
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| contributions, cultural and otherwise,
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| | not be exactly the same or in tune with
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| that our Spanish speaking brothers and
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| | what is going on where they originally
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| sisters have introduced to North
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| | came from.
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| Americans, including the beautiful
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| | In Simone's opinion, there are major
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| Romance language of Spanish.
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| | differences in a native speakers'
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| To give you a brief history on the two
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| | facility and that of someone who has been
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| principal dialects of Spanish where we
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| | taught out of context or has adopted a
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| are concerned, the European Spanish comes
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| | mixed version of English and Spanish,
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| from Spain and exhibits a different
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| | often referred to as Spanglish (remember
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| pronunciation altogether from the more
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| | that Adam Sandler / Tea Leoni movie?).
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| familiar Latin American Spanish of soft
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| | Simone also insists that companies should
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| C's that sound like S's we have come to
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| | be aware that fact when they plan to work
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| know through songs like Feliz Navidad and
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| | with a Spanish Voice Talent.
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| the like.
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| | She can think of dozens of examples that
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| The Spanish spoken here in North America
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| | feature several companies who trust in
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| is by most accounts the most universally
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| | Spanish speaking employees to translate
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| spoken because of its effortless glides
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| | the original script from English. It is
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| and genteel delivery not to mention the
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| | perceived that having an employee with a
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| exposure it has enjoyed in the Americas.
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| | Spanish heritage doing the legwork of
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| This is the gentle Spanish of Dora the
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| | translation will save some money or
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| Explorer, Sesame Street, soap operas from
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| | simplify the process. What an employer
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| Mexico, and the crooning of singers such
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| | doesn't realize is that by relying on a
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| as Ricky Martin, Enrique Iglesias,
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| | non-native speaker to produce a
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| Jennifer Lopez and Shakira.
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| | respectable translation into the language
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| When I asked Simone Fojgiel, a native
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| | specified is a big mistake, one that
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| Spanish speaker and voice talent, about
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| | could potentially risk their reputation
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| the role that Spanish plays on the world
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| | as well as waste resources.
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| stage in the world of voice over, she
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| | "Someone who was born in the US and has
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| revealed the following:
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| | parents who were born in Latin America,
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| "Just consider that Spanish is spoken by
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| | or who came to this country at an early
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| almost 400 million people natively. It is
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| | age and was born in South America, isn't
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| the fourth most spoken language by total
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| | likely to speak a 100% pure Spanish, or
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| number of speakers, including native and
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| | use the right conjugation of verbs. There
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| non-native Spanish speakers, which in
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| | will be a lack of richness in vocabulary,
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| total is approximately 500 million.
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| | too. And "Spanglish" will be evident in
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| Considering these amazing numbers, plus
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| | the way many words (i.e. technical) will
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| the fact that there are more Hispanics
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| | be translated. I don't know how other
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| living in the US than the entire
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| | talents manage themselves when a script
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| population of Canada, which is 32.5
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| | that's full of grammatical errors comes
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| million, brings an excellent projection
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| | to their hands. Do they tell the company
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| to our profession in America. In fact, I
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| | what's happening? I do, and show my
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| think it's an outstanding, unstoppable
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| | concern.
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| phenomenon.
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| | Companies who hire Spanish voice talents
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| The demand for Spanish talents is
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| | need to be very, very aware of these
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| increasing everyday especially in the US,
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| | situations. American people trust in
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| but also in other markets like Europe and
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| | others, because in this country your word
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| Asia, although with other specifications.
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| | represents your honour. But they need to
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| For instance, in Europe companies look
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| | know that not everyone has the same
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| for Castilian (Castellano) accented
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| | ethics. So I suggest them to work with a
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| talents, because the influence that comes
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| | well educated Translator and Voice
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| from Spain is real in their market. In
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| | Talent, in order to get the results they
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| America, in most of the cases, Latin
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| | expect. No matter the target you want to
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| American. Mexican or Neutral Spanish are
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| | reach within the Hispanic Community.
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| the most requested accents for obvious
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| | Spanish voice talents should be native,
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| reasons."
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| | and translators too. Always."
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| As Simone says, Spanish is a very complex
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| | Today, ninety percent of her clientele is
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| language to learn because of various
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| | located in Canada and the United States,
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| vocabulary, grammatical, syntax and
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| | a hefty percentage to say the least.
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| semantic rules and conjugations. It has a
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| | Simone has found the much of her success
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| word for every feeling.
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| | is related to her online marketing
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| From my own experience, all you need to
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| | efforts as opposed to more traditional
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| do is watch a Spanish opera or program on
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| | methods offline.
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| television to see the practically endless
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| | Not just a speaker of Spanish and
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| flow of passion that emanates from each
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| | English, Simone is trilingual, adding
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| word with purpose and gusto.
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| | Hebrew to the mix of languages offered to
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| Simone also shared that although the
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| | her clients. She recognizes her polyglot
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| language is beautiful and looks
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| | capabilities are an advantage because she
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| effortless, Spanish has a two-gender
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| | was able to accommodate projects with
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| system and about fifty conjugated forms
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| | certain accents because of her extensive
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| per verb, revealing "I don't blame those
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| | training and fulfilled her clients'
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| who postpone taking Spanish courses every
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| | expectations.
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| year!!!"
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| | According to Simone, the Spanish language
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| Another interesting fact is that although
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| | is now one of the three most sought after
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| there are two main Spanish dialect
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| | languages in the voice over marketplace,
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| distinctions, even Latin American Spanish
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| | propelled in part by recent studies in
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| has its own stream of sub-dialects. You
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| | the United States indicating that the
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| can find obvious differences between
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| | number of Spanish-dominant and bilingual
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| certain accents, for instance Cuban
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| | Hispanics in America will increase by 45%
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| compared to Argentinian/Uruguayan. They
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| | over the next 20 years.
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| both are Spanish, but the accent and even
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| | One of the best ways to find a native
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| the way verbs are conjugated is
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| | speaker of Spanish is to conduct a search
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| absolutely different.
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| | online or post a job at a voice over
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| Case in point is the difference between a
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| | marketplace.
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