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It’s 2023 summer, and high season for tourists on the north coast of Sao Paulo BRL after two years of dealing with covid-19, people are ready to decompress at the beach.
. Itamambuca Beach, Ubatuba, SP BRL 2023 photo by Pedro Diaz We will investigate a place called Ubatuba, known for hundreds of beaches and home to World Surf League champion Felipe Toledo. What does it take for this city to accommodate a multitude of visitors? Ubatuba, with a population of around 92 thousand, is popular […]
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My first Sports Interview
My first sports interview was with my friend and boxer, Anthony Chavez. I hope you enjoy staying till the end to get some great life advice.
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Who is the person that controls you?
I am reading the Discipline Equals Freedom Field Manual by Jocko Willink, and there is a part at the beginning titled “The person you can control.” These thoughts from Jocko apply 100% to how to deal with my family members. I have been living away from my family’s house for two years. When I got […]
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VOYCE 60 Hour Medical Interpretation Certificate
I’m pleased that VOYCE offer this course and certificate that get me closer to becoming a national certified medical interpreter.
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Quote on vanity and pride.
“Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves; vanity, to what we would have others think of us.Jane Austen (1775-1817)” Excerpt FromWords of Wisdom – 100 Inspirational QuotationsVarious Authorshttps://books.apple.com/us/book/words-of-wisdom-100-inspirational-quotations/id588372730This material may be protected by […]
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Graffiti Ubatuba Nature Murals
Ubatuba graffiti nature murals Since I been living in Brasil one of thing that has stood out to my creative bone is the graffiti and murals thorough the country specially Sao Paulo. Now that I’m residing in Ubatuba a coastal city in Sao Paulo I continue to see murals and graffiti but now they have […]
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Street Art 2021 SP
Do you like Street Art? Do you like Graffiti? There is an explosion of art in the Pinheiro’s, Vila Madalena area. There is street art universally in São Paulo, Brasil. Would like to experience the street art of São Paulo? Join me in on a tour of Latina America’s largest concrete jungle and enjoy all […]
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Two types of live interpreting.
Hello, And Yes, I can provide two ways of interpreting. 1. Consecutively This where there’s a dialogue for most the time. Person speaking in English or Spanish speaker talks in short phrases and gives time for the interpretation. It’s like tennis match back forth and done well it has a good flow. 2. Simultaneously This […]
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Definition of Cultural Broker’s logo
My logo is about the identity. A fingerprint with the outline of planet earth. Planet earth is filled with diversity and that’s what makes it great. This logo represents us in person and online. It’s about recognizing that us identify is unique there is no one in the world d that has the same […]
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My message to Canelo
Canelo and team, I’m professional interpreter and I saw the fight and I saw the commentary after wards. I’m sorry to say but that the interpreter omitted and change the message multiple times. In addition, he was not taking notes. Canelo deserves the best and that’s cultural-broker.com from El Paso TX. We serve the Latino […]
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UBATUBA
A place with a hundred beaches and many islands. A place for everyone from a language interpreter to a millionaire. A space for everyone that like the outdoors and water-sports. A place where there are more than 100 hundreds beaches and there is a place for every budget… I stayed the Itagua beach area and […]
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Pinheiros Municipal Market
Other than language, food has to be the largest part of any culture. If you are staying in São Paulo in the Pinheiros, Vila Madalena area for longer period of time, you are going to want to know places for food at market rate. And if you are going to cook for yourself and not […]
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Macondo…
“Macondo no es un lugar, si no un estado de ánimo.” Gabriel García Marquez. Macondo is not a place, but a state of mood. Interpretation by Pedro Diaz. A cultural broker interprets language, media and society. The cultural broker renders the message accurately, conveying the content and nature of the original idea, taking into consideration […]
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Anaphora – John F. Kennedy
Inaugural Address, January 20, 1961 John F. Kennedy VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLmiOEk59n8 We observe today not a victory of party but a celebration of freedom, symbolizing an end as well as a beginning, signifying renewal as well as change. For I have sworn before you and Almighty God the same solemn oath our forebears prescribed nearly a […]
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Exhibitions online
The most prestige art galleries online In this time of pandemic we are staying at home more because most of the social cultural places are closed. If you are tired of Netflix already and want some culture at home check out these online exhibitions and online museum tours. Some museum are coming back and some […]
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Activate now – Field Notes
Cultural broker’s first job is to listen. We cannot do our job if we do not listen. Take precise notes for review. Being in service to the community brings out a constructive output. Let’s listen to the youth. We strive for a natural resolution with confidence. Who is your audience? How do we reach your […]
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Why do Humans use drugs?
Why do Americans consume so many drugs? Americans are more likely to try illegal drugs than anyone else in the world, according to global survey data from the World Health Organization. Forty-two percent of American adults have tried marijuana, for example, while only 20 percent of the Dutch have done so—despite the Netherlands’ long-running policy of tolerating […]
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Emotional Intelligence
What is EI ? What is AI? Artificial Intelligence Vs. Emotional Intelligence EI is having the experience and strength to stop yourself. AI has instructions to stop it self. EI is having the experience and strength from not stopping yourself from taking a risk. What kind of risks is AI taking now ? My definition […]
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Copyright and Trademark Standards
Copyright is defined as the exclusive legal right to reproduce, publish, and sell a literary, musical, or artistic work. Anything that is produced is a copyrighted piece of work as soon as it is produced it it falls under one of the above categories. In the United States, a work is under protection of copyright […]
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The best |FRUIT| company according to U.S. consumers.
The best fruit company is found on fertile grounds. Where do these fruitful fertile grounds exist? In botany, a fruit is a seed-bearing structure in flowering plants formed from the ovary after flowering. Fruits are how angiosperms disseminate seeds. A generalization for fruit is that they carried seeds as opposed to vegetables. Peppers, avocados, and […]
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Political Opinion
Everyone has an opinion just like everyone has an …. October 3, 2020 two months from the United States presidential election. I just listen to Mike Tyson’s podcast HOTBOXIN with guest Justin Wren please go listen to that, they talk about the oppressed and the bullied. Kids, teens and adults can be fu#$ brutal. A […]
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What the Dog Saw an other adventures… Review…
Malcolm Gladwell has become one of my favorite authors in the last year. What the Dog Saw and other adventures is one of his older books. Malcom’s writing style has a simplicity to it. He gives you a lot of examples that are enjoyable and interesting to read. I’m going to quote and write about […]
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Sleeping in the same room as a blood sucking…
The mystery and the importance of sleep. Last week, my sleep was interrupted 2-3 nights out of the week because of blood thirsty mosquitos. I was waking up at 3 am pissed off, and I’m deep sleeper thank God for my good health and my sleeping herbs. I usually sleep through the night with ease. […]
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The financial benefits of the legalization of marijuana. History of Marijuana in Art and health benefits
What are the economic and health benefits of marijuana? I smoked for the first time back in high school but in college, I really really smoked and I understood why people smoke weed. It’s a drug it has benefits but like anything we can abuse it. In my opinion if you have to do any […]
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How many U.S. citizens get their health care from other countries?
Health Care Tourism I decide to write and investigate this industry because of my experience living in the border of El Paso U.S. and Juarez MEX. All my family and many people who live in a U.S. border city crosses over to Mexico to get their dental care, even people who have health insurance in […]
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Top trade partners for the two biggest democracies and economies in the Western Hemisphere.
I met my beautiful Brazilian girlfriend in June 2018 in Venice beach California and we hit off since then she been to my Hometown in Texas and I have been to São Paulo and other great places in Brasil. Our relationship grew naturally and I decide to move to Brasil because of my autonomy of […]
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Branding
Branding is the essence of the company or person. Essence is the most significant element, character, or quality of individual or the group. Below is a couple of paragraph from Fashion Reference book I hope you enjoy it. “The most common mistake regarding brands is to think the company name and logo are the brand. […]
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Cultural Broker
A cultural broker is an interpreter an empathetic cultural representative, it might not be his or her culture but the broker has some understanding about the language, slang, and shares a local experience. A cultural broker is identifying and explaining cultural or lexical misunderstandings. A cultural broker is aware that language is only part of […]
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How to get started.
The hardest part is getting started. My personal reason for taking so long to start a blog is because of judgment. Peers or other individuals commenting on how my grammar isn’t any good or just plain mockery for expressing your thought and feelings. But I rather try and fail, then to never have tried at […]
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Journalism Homework Photos
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Journalism Homework
What are the topics that science and technology reporters might cover? Science and technology reporters might cover topics such as electric cars, self-driving automobiles, energy transitioning, sustainability, space, astronomy, physics, aircraft, and the list can go on and on. Science and technology seem that can be part of any field because we need science and […]
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Berkeley Journalism Class
I have done so many jobs in this lifetime I feel like it’s been two. One skill that you have to guarantee in the workforce is clear and concise communication. Always keep improving, never give up,
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Positive Feedback
The best feeling after getting paid is being recognized.
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Word of the week
Dynamic Definition: Characterized by constant change, activity , or progress. A force that stimulates change or progress within a system or process. A force or factor that controls or influences a process of growth, change, interaction, or activity : a dynamic force or factor – Webster Dictionary Reference: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dynamic
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Conference Interpreting
Im wrapping up my work week and the video below comes up in my Youtube feed. After watching this videos it made feel proud of the work that I do on the weekly basis which is consecutive interpreting. In addition it motivated me to look into conference interpreting as my next step in my career. […]
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