Quotes on Business English and Business Spanish
"About 90% of our customers speak Spanish and half of those speak English as well," says Roberto Reyes of Reyes Auto Repair in Santa Cruz , California , "we have to know every auto part in both English and Spanish. This gives us a big advantage over shops that do not speak both languages."
"We directly import from Mexico and all my suppliers speak Spanish," says Bertha Diaz of Artesania Mexicana in Castroville, California , "but almost all my customers speak English so we have to speak both languages to be in this type of import business."
"We speak the language of our customers. Probably 80% of our customers speak some English but 20% do not," says Wayne Medina of Medina's Construction Company, Santa Cruz, California, "if we did not speak Spanish we would immediately lose 20% of our business."
