Spanish Business Letters

The following business letters appeared in the October 1939 issue of El Taquígrafo Gregg, the Spanish version of The Gregg Writer, written in the 1923 edition of the system. The language in the letters is somewhat antiquated: they are not the easiest letters to transcribe either, so if someone wants to attempt a transcription, post…

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Shorthand, TV Interviews (Uruguay 2009)

Fellows: There’s a video in Youtube about TV shorthand interviews in Uruguay: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWINcYADTRk The video is in Spanish, but I have attached the transcription in Spanish and English. This is the background of these interviews:In 2009, Uruguayan Parliament opens applications for shorthand reporter position,and there were a big number of applicants due mainly to:1. The…

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Shorthand in Spanish

Hi, y’all.  I have started learning Spanish Series 90 since I happen to own the books.  I have to laugh because some of the words you learn in the first few chapters aren’t words I come across much in my day-to-day life as a bilingual secretary – “myrrh” is not a word I have ever…

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