Entrevista a John Hopwood: Fundador de Day Translations
Descubre la entrevista exclusiva a John Hopwood, fundador y presidente de Day Translations, agencia que ofrece servicios de interpretación y traducción en todos los idiomas. ¡No te pierdas esta conversación especial!
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One day I was playing and one of the kids told me,
this kid is crazy.
And I said, I understand you.
I understood you.
Hello student.
Welcome, welcome to the Easy Argentine Spanish podcast.
I'm Melanie Deileva, the Spanish teacher who helps you speak
the language of your loved ones. In today's episode we are going to have a very special guest.
I am going to interview Mr. John Hopwood. He is the founder and president of the agency Day
Translations, which offers interpretation and translation services in all languages.
Welcome, Mr. Hopwood.
Thank you very much. I am very happy to be here.
Thank you very much for being with us.
It is really an honor to be able to do this interview with you.
It is an honor for me too. Thank you.
Very good. Well, Mr. Hopwood, I have many questions to ask you,
but first tell me a little about you and your passion for languages.
Well, I've always, since I was very young, I've always had a passion for languages.
I think that when I was about 7 or 8 years old, I started to have an interest in Spanish.
I lived in a neighborhood and most of the people living there were Mexican.
And we always played outside.
And I wanted to understand what they were saying.
because my mom speaks French and she practiced a little with me when we were
when I was a child but it was a neighborhood of almost all Latinos and I wanted to understand and I
remember one day I was playing and one of the children told me this boy is crazy
I said I understand you I understand you I understood you then from that moment I always wanted to
understand other cultures. I wanted to understand Mexicans, all the people from other countries.
So I remember that was the moment when I realized that I wanted to understand
others. And it's not just understanding languages, but it's the cultures and people and how
their minds work. That's where it started.
Sure, and how old was he?
I was 7 or 8 years old at that time.
So from there I went to a flea market to buy tapes of Mexican comedians.
I had to understand jokes.
So at 8 years old I went to a market, bought the tape and started listening and tuning my ear to understand
and listen and understand what they said. And little by little at 8, 9, 10 years old I was already speaking a
little Spanish. And when I got to the eighth grade, that's when I started my first Spanish class.
and I was already a little bit ahead, but I was very happy to have started Spanish 1,
but as I told you, I started very young.
Super young, yes, and then Spanish was the first language you learned?
Yes.
Yes, my mom started a little bit with French because she speaks it, but she never reached the level of Spanish.
Because I live in Florida and there are a lot of people who speak Spanish.
And I had the opportunity to practice and it's very easy to practice Spanish here.
But if someone wants to learn, you can always find people who speak it.
If you are in Chicago, California or Canada, there will always be people.
And if you want to learn, there will always be people.
And if there are no people, you can listen to the music.
Sure, yes. Music helps a lot.
A little while ago we talked in an interview about tango
