Irene Lozanogeneral manager of Arab house; Luis García Monterodirector of Cervantes InstituteY marco santisregional manager of MENA from LaLigapresented this Thursday the ‘Spanish-Arabic football dictionary what does he have? aim of helping to defend Spanish culture through a sense of belonging in football.
The dictionary contains descriptions and information about clubs, players, stadiums, competitions, football terminology and other useful travel and tourism phrases and expressions, with text in Spanish and Arabic. There are 62 pages with expressions and pictures where Arabic and Spanish speakers can easily understand and learn useful expressions in both languages.
Irene Lozano, general director of Casa Árabe, assured that this dictionary aims to “appreciate conversation at a time when everything is fast.”
“Football is a tool for almost everyone, for change in societies, for integration and belonging. Arabic is one of the languages spoken in Madrid and we want to contribute to its integration into normality“said Lozano, while presenting.
marco santisregional manager of MENA from LaLigasaid that this dictionary is “very important because in the Arab market there are 1,300 million people under 30 years old and in this way the brand can be expanded“of the Spanish championship.
“That also implies a certain responsibility because you have to provide the fan experience“said the leader of LaLiga.
The writer Luis García Montero, director of the Instituto Cervantes, assured that the studies carried out by his institution reflect that the most interested of foreigners in the Spanish culture is football.
“With the dictionaries we create in different languages, a context of social knowledge of our reality is created and a humble offer is offered to help communicate. We have published in Japan, China, Indonesia, Hungary, the four mother tongues in Senegal, and in Arabic. This is a way of establishing cultural round trips“, he admitted.
“It is important to use football so that in Spain other realities are known and outside the knowledge of Spain can be integrated.a. Soccer builds a sense of belonging. When I studied the presence of soccer in Spanish literature, I returned to the avant-garde along Raphael Alberti in Ode to plategoalkeeper of Barcelona. won the Copa del Rey. then, Gabriel Celayapartner of Real society, appeared against Platko’s Ode talking about theft and help from the referee. They are already talking about football there,” he said.
“Football is the most important of the things that are not important, but precisely because it knows how to connect from sentimental truth and the sense of belonging to things that are important.. You have to take advantage of football to defend Spanish culture,” he said.
“Our country is not as divided as it seems. The truth is not like the spectacle that has been created around it. Many people who play confrontation are united around a selection. This strengthens the capacity for meaning and belonging “, concluded Garcia Montero.
The dictionary, free and non-profit, can be downloaded on LaLiga’s social networks and will be distributed at various physical events at the international headquarters of the Instituto Cervantes.
Source: La Verdad
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