Hi! It’s Gregory. I’m turning over the Substack this week to Rough Translation editor Luis Trelles, who has worked with me on the show for two years. One thing I share with Luis is the idea that good subjects of a profile are not always immediately apparent. It takes the right kind of interview to bring them out. Enjoy!
I love the quote you finished with - effective communication is about connection instead of perfection. That resonates deeply with a work project my team just finished, which was exploring ways to enable English-only staff to provide support services to individuals who only spoke Spanish without another person translating. The technology (earbuds) was not perfect, but everyone was satisfied with the experience, citing the importance of those human threds of connection. Thanks!!
I love the quote you finished with - effective communication is about connection instead of perfection. That resonates deeply with a work project my team just finished, which was exploring ways to enable English-only staff to provide support services to individuals who only spoke Spanish without another person translating. The technology (earbuds) was not perfect, but everyone was satisfied with the experience, citing the importance of those human threds of connection. Thanks!!
I won’t shut up about that How to speak bad English episode!