Part 2 - Stuart Jay Raj - Multilingual Interpreting

This is part 2 of the Joh Jai interview of Mar 1 2007 with Stuart Jay Raj in Bangkok. In this section his abilities are put to the test when he is asked to interpret into multiple random languages from Thai

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[xxxx2228]

Tagalog and Cebuano are very distinct to each other. Some words for both languages have the same meaning, such as panahon = time...

But sometimes they have a same word but different meaning...like 'usa' in tagalog means 'deer'...while 'usa' in cebuano means 'one'...

its quite challenging if u go to a region in which very few speaks tagalog or cebuano, like in northern Phils. they speak diff. language also

[stujaystujay]

@xxxx2228 Yeah ... I love seeing the gradient in vocab / grammar across the different languages in the Philippines and down into Indonesia ... and actually up into Taiwan too. The Amis language is amazing - and has a lot of vocab that would be recognizable to Filipinos that speak various languages / dialects - and also to the the Indonesians that speak Javanese, Balinese, Sunda and other languages. The word 'usa' that you mentioned is actually 'rusa' in Indonesian.

[femmefatale1990]

As a Spanish-speaker, I can tell you that your Spanish is great! I'm impressed by the fact that you used the word "chico" :D

[stujaystujay]

@femmefatale1990 jajaja... gracias :) .. but definitely needs a work out

[DalyCityLife]

It's such a shame that on Youtube and on American/Western TV they dont feature talk shows like this but other rubbish unrelated to scholar/educational feats like yourself. Have you practised more in Tagalog yet?

[stujaystujay]

@DalyCityLife Got to use a lot of tagalog when we were shooting in the Philippines a while back. A lot of Cebuano too. Very fun languages.

[ShadowxofxDesolation]

At least he is doing something productive unlike you did in posting this useless comment.

[poliglotta80]

Hey. I can speak eight languages(I posted a video on youtube, it's "Luca speaks 8 languages") and I thought I was gifted, but this guy is...just more!

[WaltMauritz]

Impressive!! Take a look at "Vade in Pace". A 2 min short where an actor "pretends" to speak 13 languages....

[Turboedo]

His Cantonese is a little off.

[Chezrocksall]

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[stujaystujay]

@xrulezx8zx Being part of the Polyglot Project is an honour. I've read through the final draft and the stories and knowledge from some of the most renowned / successful language learners on the planet gives enough to chew on for the next few lifetimes!