Comments on: Top 20 Target Languages: A Year in Translation

By: hadas

hadas — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:18:42 +0000

Didn’t know Italian is a common language as English.

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 09:26:42 +0000

Interesting that our list is quite different. Same languages, Different order.

By: Astrid

Astrid — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:53:15 +0000

Hi Manny,

Thank you very much or: Muchas gracias.

By: Manny

Manny — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:44:59 +0000

Hi Astrid,

Thanks for reading the blog! To answer your question, both US and Latin American Spanish should, in theory, be generic, non-regional versions of the language, and be completely understandable by all Spanish speakers living in North and South America, Central America and the Caribbean.

Many clients come to us with translation requests where their material, such as advertising copy, needs to be localized specifically for Spanish speakers living in the US.

Due to target demographics, this Spanish for US localization is, in many cases, simply Mexican Spanish, while Latin American Spanish is more of the generic Spanish that I described.

By: Astrid

Astrid — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 07:49:53 +0000

Very Interesting! What is the difference between the Spanish in Lat. Amer. and the US? Can anybody explain that to me? I didn’t know that there is a difference at all.