Chapter 7Two months later, I got offered a promotion. I had done good work at the architecture firm, but more importantly, my boss was impressed with how I was learning Spanish in my spare time.
On a site visit, I had spoken Spanish to the construction worker showing us around. Word had gotten back to my boss, and he called me into his office.
“We have a few Spanish-speaking clients. They always bring an interpreter to our meetings, but the interpreter doesn’t have an architectural background, so I worry that some technical details get lost in translation. It would be a huge asset if you were able to explain details directly to those clients in Spanish,” my boss said.
“I’m definitely not there yet, but I could start learning business and architecture terminology,” I said.
“I’d like the
