Speaking the other language is a strong asset. But it only accounts for less than half of what you communicate. The other half — the non-verbal, the relational,...

As a self-confessed foodie and a born and bred Latin American, I consider food and meals (especially shared ones) to be a central and most enjoyable part of l...

Interpreters never interpret only language as in interpreting only words. Instead, we interpret meaning. We interpret context. We interpret speakers. We inter...

You have a bilateral meeting on the calendar. Two hours. A fixed agenda. You go in, you come out, you move on.

Except that is rarely what actually happens.

Diplomatic meetings are not like other meetings. The formats alone signal this: bilateral visits, working lunches, table-top exercises, roundtables, opening cer...

Most Latin American professionals entering the British market have been speaking English for years. Many are fluent. Some are near-native. And almost all of t...

Spanish is the de facto lingua franca of Latin America.

Spoken in 19 of its 33 countries, it was introduced to the continent by the Spanish conquistadores...

There is a particular kind of British-LatAm meeting that runs entirely in English, goes smoothly by all appearances, and produces a follow-up where both sides d...