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PROFESIONALES Ezquerra, Arboleya, Llanos
A communicative course created for adults who want to learn or improve their Spanish for use within the business sector. The contents use real life situations with task based teaching methods. Each level contains between 120-150 class hours. Professionales is designed in a clear and simple fashion, there are 3 units with 5 sections, at the end of each section there are a variety of exercises, and at the end of each unit there is a group business project using the information learned. Also included are grammar areas within each section and a multilingual glossary to ease comprehension of business vocabulary.

  • ENC4776 Cuaderno de léxico jurídico $24.95 ISBN:9782090344776
  • ENC4768 Cuaderno de léxico de banca y economía $24.95 ISBN:9782090344769
  • ENC4784 Cuaderno de lexico de medicina y salud $24.95ISBN:9782090344783


Spanish For The American Workplace


MGH8195 LEARNING CONSTRUCTION SPANGLISH $16.95
T Eddy, Softcover, Black & White, 289 pp., ISBN:9780071448192
Designed specifically for communicating on a construction site, this practical and logically organized guide focuses on the common terms and phrases for questions, issues, schedules and tasks in construction. Using only basic verb tenses, Spanglish, everyday slang expressions and dialogue phrases this book is a tool that will help supervisors improve communication and understanding on the job site.

MGH3372 HARRAP'S SPANISH AND ENGLISH BUSINESS DICTIONARY $27.95
Hardcover, 678 pp., ISBN:9780071463379
This new bilingual dictionary offers more than 40,000 references, with usage examples covering all areas of business. New and current terms as well as colloquial business terms and the language of everyday office life are featured. Practical help is provided is a guide to Spanish business communication, advice on working with interpreters and tables of information on the nations of the world.

MGH6358 HOW TO WRITE IN SPANISH $11.95
L. Ochoa, Softcover, Black & White, 164 pp., ISBN:9780071416351
This indispensable bilingual reference and workbook will provide the Spanish student with the practical skills to write many different types of professional, personal and academic documents that one encounters. Eight quick-study units provide clear English instructions, examples, vocabulary guidelines, practice exercises, common errors, and self evaluations.

BA2727 SPANISH FOR EDUCATORS Bk & Cassettes. $24.95
W. C. Harvey, MS. Paperback, 320 pp. 2 Cassettes 90 Min. ISBN:9780764172724
Created to help instructors, nurses, administrators and counselors to learn enough Spanish to deal effectively with their Hispanic students. Classroom instructions, discipline, health care, educational administration, special needs assessment and extracurricular activities are only some of the areas covered. The cassettes will help you learn to pronounce and to understand the spoken word. Easy and practical, this set fills an important need in the educational community.

MGH9862 SPANISH FOR NURSES Book & 3 CD's $34.95
J. Rios, J. Fernandez Torres, J. Fernandez. Softcover, 336 pp. ISBN:9780071439862
Designed for non-Spanish-speaking nurses and healthcare professionals, this program provides you with the basics of practical, conversational Spanish to help you communicate effectively with Hispanic patients. You will learn key grammatical structures, essential vocabulary, including colloquial terms and expressions, as well as cultural aspects. Each set contains an illustrated course book featuring a variety of native speakers, the first two CDs contain vocabulary, phrases, and dialogues that reflect a wide range of common medical situations while the third covers situations typically encountered in all areas of nursing. An accompanying booklet contains the full scripts and English translations of the dialogues. The ten CME tests contained in this booklet have been approved for a maximum of thirty hours in category 1 credit toward the American Medical Association Physician's Recognition Award. Test accreditation is sponsored by the University of Arizona College of Medicine at the Arizona Health Sciences Center.

PRACTICAL MEDICAL SPANISH FOR QUICK AND CONFIDENT COMMUNICATION $34.95 Each Title
Each title contains a comprehensive course book, three 75-minute audio CDs, and ten CME tests. Each book has sample dialogues, exercises, helpful illustrations and a vocabulary of 2,500 general and medical terms. The audio CDs feature a variety of native speakers. Two of the CDs contain vocabulary, phrases and dialogues of common medical situations, and the third one emphasizes each particular area: Family practice, emergency care, etc. The ten CME tests contained in each set are approved for 30 hours credit in category 1 towards the American Medical Association Physicians's Recognition award.

  • MGH9862-Spanish For Nurses ISBN:9780071439862
  • MGH9803-Spanish For Health Care Providers ISBN:9780071439800
  • MGH9943-Spanish For Emergency Care Providers ISBN:9780071439947
  • MGH9900-Spanish For Family Practitioners ISBN:9780071439909

BA4467 - SPANISH FOR HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS Book & 3 CD Set $24.95
William C. Harvey. Softcover, 256 pp. ISBN:9780764194467
This book for English speaking doctors, nurses, and hospital personnel, begins with advice on listening and pronouncing the Spanish phrases needed for doctor-patient conversations. Also covered are Spanish/English phrases dealing with check-out, pregnancy, broken bones, pediatric care, heart and lung diseases, drug problems and more. Also features a glossary and a study review section. The two 90-minute cassettes contain the dialogues to help the learners practice their speaking skill and improve their listening comprehension.

BA9284 - Book only. $12.99 ISBN:9780764139284

GOU271 - BILINGUAL HANDBOOK FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT $31.95
English/Spanish, with 2 CDs V. Benmaman. ISBN:9780875264271. Spanish Audio CD
This handbook is designed to provide its users with the means to obtain and provide critical information related to a variety of situations, ranging from vehicle stops and auto accidents to hostage negotiations, fire supression and evacuation of a building to the Spanish speaking population. The statements and questions are presented in English, in Spanish and in phonetic representation of how to pronounce the Spanish words. A useful handbook for public safety professionals who have no prior knowledge of Spanish.

SPANISH FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL
William C. Harvey M.S., Softcover, 416pp,
An effective approach to fundamental conversational Spanish, which provides help for English-speaking police officers, court officers, public safety workers, parole officers, and other law-related personnel who work among Hispanics but who have little or no command of spoken Spanish. It will also prove helpful to firefighters, and social workers whose duties take them into Spanish-speaking communities. This set includes pronunciation tips, English translations, dialogs, English-Spanish and Spanish-English glossaries, and illustrations.

  • BA3651 Book and 3 CDs $24.99 ISBN:9780764193651
  • BA7518 Book only $14.99 ISBN:9780764137518


    Interpreting Tools



    ACE010 - The Interpreter’s Edge Self-study Package $90.00
    Softcover. book of 62 lessons, notebook ISBN:84494144X
    8 one hour cassettes. Vinyl album. These materials teach simultaneous and consecutive interpreting, and sight translation for the courts. Ideal for the beginning to intermediate students and working interpreters seeking to develop or maintain their skills.

    ACE010A - The Interpreter’s Edge Book Only. $42.95

    ACE003 - Criminal Procedures For Court $69.95
    Interpreters 80 Min Video.
    To prepare you for your court involvement, Holly Mikkelson explains the US Criminal Justice System: State and Federal Courts, offenses, pretrial proceedings, jury selection, opening statements, evidence, direct and cross examination, objections, closing arguments, jury instructions, verdict, sentencing and appeals. The booklet contains municipal court advisement of rights, a list of criminal law motions, of grounds for objection, & commonly mistranslated legal terms.

    ACE011 - Interpreter’s Edge Turbo Supplement $59.95
    Softcover. Book of 14 lessons and notes 2 1-hr. cassette tapes. Vinyl album.
    Advanced instruction in Simultaneous Interpreting, Consecutive Interpreting, and Sight Translation. Perfect for candidates preparing to take the federal exam.

    ACE123 - The Interpreter’s Companion $58.95
    Book & CD-ROM Illustrated, softcover, 356 pp. Interpreters 80 Min Video.
    This book contains 6 bidirectional glossaries of particular interest to court interpreters as well as diffi cult-to-fi nd terms, including glossary of legal, traffi c and automotive, drugs, weapons, medical and slang. A new selection of bilingual dictionaries for special areas of translations.
    ACE356 - Book only $39.95
    ACE357 - CD-Rom $39.95

    ACE004 - Consecutive Interpretation & Note Taking $49.95
    42 Min Video and Booklet.
    Holly Mikkelson discusses the techniques of consecutive interpretation, particularly as they apply to the courtroom setting. A detailed discussion and demonstration of consecutive note taking is included. This video is in English is extremely useful for court interpreters whatever their language combination.

    ACE002 - The Interpreters’s Code Of Ethics $49.95
    Role of the interpreter in the Courtroom. 45 Min. Video.
    Holly Mikkelson demonstrates a detailed explanation of the Interpreter’s Code of Ethics and discusses the many issues an interpreter faces in court. A booklet containing a copy of the code of Ethics is included.

    ACE012 - The Interpreter’s Rx $69.95
    ISBN:9781880594117
    Softcover, book and 3 one hour. cassettes in an album. A Spanish-English medical interpreter training package. which provides training in sight translation, consecutive and simultaneous interpretation in a medical context. It includes illustrations, word lists by speciality, and a bidirectional medical glossary of 2000+ terms.

    SGS7260 - Manual De Traducción $37.95
    J.Zaro, M. Truman. Softcover. ISBN:9788471437266
    A manual of translation, this book is designed for students preparing for a career in translation of English to Spanish or Spanish to English. The texts are in both languages and vary in length from 66 to 729 words. The texts are representative of works translated in the legal and administrative fi elds, socio-economic areas, journalism, education, technology and science.

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