Aug 27, 2008 08:42
16 yrs ago
English term
to sell Spanish
Non-PRO
English
Bus/Financial
Business/Commerce (general)
I saw this in an American blog about Spain and I don't know if this is an expression in English. I've never heard it before. Does it mean anything like 'to sell rubbish'?
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refers to the tendency of American companies to market products to Spanish-speakers in the USA
Due to the 20 million or so (it might be a higher number now) Spanish speakers in the United States, American companies routinely develop and pay for Spanish-language advertisements on Spanish-speaking media in the USA. However, it doesn't mean these companies understand Spanish-speaking culture very well, or its diversity. They are just trying to "sell Spanish" (not a term I'd heard before either) as part of a larger strategy, without necessarily understanding the diversity of the Hispanic community or much detail about it.
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English term (edited):
Another American trying to sell spanish
To sell something you didn't know well
I got the idea about this expression after reading the article in the link below. The main idea is not "to sell Spanish", but "another American trying to sell Spanish" -> the name of the countries is not important, you can change them as you want.
Basically, it's just like you are trying to sell something you didn't know well. Even worse, you are like an elementary student giving a mathematic lecture in front of the University Professors.
Hope this helps.
CMIIW ^^
Basically, it's just like you are trying to sell something you didn't know well. Even worse, you are like an elementary student giving a mathematic lecture in front of the University Professors.
Hope this helps.
CMIIW ^^
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keshab
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Thank you keshab ^^
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Ken Cox
: The author of the cited text (apparently the asker's text) has been living in Spain for 20 years, and he put the term in quotes, so it might be a literal translation of a Spanish term (and not necessarily good English).
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Thank you for your comment Ken. It is quite possible too ^^
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Vender en Español pero no a los Españoles
Just another american trying to sell in spanish...to Spanish people...into Spain.
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José Gralike (X)
: does "pero no a los Españoles" not mean "but not to Spanish people"?
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I don´t understand, please explain...
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d_vachliot (X)
: Please stop using Spanish language in the English monolingual forum.
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Ok Dim.
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