Hablamos español - Harrisonburg, Virginia

Patrick Molloy wasn’t just hired for his bilingual skills. “But it helped me get in the door,” he said. During his three months as a salesman at Harrisonburg Honda, he said he’s taken their Spanish interpretation services to a different level.

Every day, Molloy helps Spanish-speaking customers find cars or answers to their car questions. He estimated that most days, he assists more customers in Spanish than in English.

Molloy grew up speaking Spanish in Puerto Rico, but he had to learn other dialects to serve all of his customers. “It’s not only a different language,” he said. “You’re addressing a different culture. Mexican Spanish, Puerto Rican Spanish and Spanish Spanish are different languages. They have different terms for different car parts.”*

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