Spanish Translations

POZENA’s professional Spanish translations

• Spanish is a Romance language whose origins date back to the 5th century AD, when it appeared in the northern and eastern parts of the Iberian Peninsula. Initially called Romance (with strong Latin influences), it emerged as a distinct language as late as in the 10th century. Interestingly, a number of contemporary Spanish words are derived from Arabic.
• The Spanish language in the Iberian Peninsula is made up of many regional dialects. However, the Spanish spoken in Latin America is much more diversified. These varieties of Español differ significantly in pronunciation and vocabulary. The grammatical differences are less prominent, though.
• Spanish is regulated by the Association of Spanish Language Academies. The Spanish language and culture are promoted by the Cervantes Institute.
• Castellano is an official language of the EU, the UN, UNESCO, the African Union, the Organization of American States, FIFA and Mercosur (the Southern Common Market).

• In Spanish interrogative questions there are two question marks: an inverted one at the beginning and a regular one at the end, e.g. ¿cómo estás?.
• Spaniards are known for very long names, which are practically impossible to remember. Pablo Picasso’s actual name was Pablo Diego Jose Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno Maria de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santisma Trinidad Ruiz Picasso.
• Some concepts can be rendered by means of different words in various Spanish-speaking countries. A good example is several equivalents for the noun beans. In Spain this vegetable is called frijol, in Argentina – poroto, in Venezuela – caraota, and in the Dominican Republic – habichuela.
• Jesus is the Spanish of equivalent of the English cheers!
• One of the most difficult Spanish words is probably ferrocarrilero (Eng. railwayman) with five occurrences of the letter r. One of the longest words is electroencefalografistas (Eng. specialists operating an electroencephalograph)
• Español is the second most frequently taught language worldwide (after English). It is also the second language of Twitter and Facebook, and the third most common language online.