Spanish Business Dictionary: Multicultural Business Spanish

Business terms vary from Spain to Latin America, and within Latin America. This dictionary provides the variant business terms for the leading Spanish-speaking trading countries, which makes it one of a kind. It also provides the latest computer terms used in business, an indispensable feature for today's business. Highly useful.

I found this multicultural Spanish business dictionary extremely useful for doing business in Latin America. Spanish business terms can vary from country to country, and this is to my knowledge the first dictionary of its kind that addresses this issue which is critical in the global market.

Having been aware for many years of the difficulties of finding the right business term in Spanish ranging from Spain to Mexico to Argentina and other Spanish-speaking countries, as well as the problems of matching English-language business terms-based on the economic and cultural realities of the United States and other English-speaking countries-with proper equivalents in the Hispanic world, I find this dictionary to be an excellent first step in what ought to be an ongoing process of facilitating commerce among the two cultures and their subcultures by improving communications in ways that allow Spanish to keep its own cultural character and English to act as a partner rather than a dominating player in a better interaction in the global market to the benefit of all the countries involved.

Dana McDougald writes in the March 2003 issue of The American Reference Book Annual:"Everyday Spanish words vary from country to country, even in the business world. This dictionary compiles business terminology that varies throughout the Spanish-speaking world. Included are terms used in banking, insurance, real estate, computers, business terms of international organizations, and more. The first part of the dictionary provides English source words, in bold print, that are set apart from the definitions on a separate line. The next line following the English terms begins with the most common Spanish equivalents(s), followed by country-specific terms. A country designator, set in parentheses, precedes each Spanish term. In cases where there is not a spanish equivalent term, a Spanish definition is provided. Definitions are also added in cases where a more clear understanding of the terms may be needed. Part 2 of the dictionary provides Spanish terms with English equivalents.Printed on good-quality paper, the dictionary features generous margins, easy-to-read print size, and guide words at the top of each page. Corporations that do business with Spanish-speaking countries as well as public and academic libraries will find this a useful reference tool."