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

[@tetapsetia]

I'm Indonesian and I can very well say that his Indonesian is close to perfect.

[@indrabhaskara]

he is good..he's got talent.... luar biasa...

[@StuartJayRaj]

Sadly NO!... Do you know how much flak I regularly receive for not speaking French!!?? ... I think I will have to do something about it someday soon. :)

[@languagenick3172]

Don't worry, I'm a polyglott too speaking almost every european language (including French) but no asian languages at all. :) We're all human beings and can't be perfect but what we can actually do is to aim for that. :)

[@TheRussRave]

I have only just discovered this guy Stu. He is an absolutely amazing guy! 10 years later now in 2017,.. I wonder how many languages he speaks?

[@StuartJayRaj]

@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

[@iskryutaro]

นี่มันอัจฉริยะชัดๆ สุดยอดมากคับ :D

[@Liface]

It's not. Check out his blog. He offers a lot of interesting techniques. I think Stu really has the right idea on how one can learn a language.

[@StuartJayRaj]

@stratosl Its not on the official list... but I've dabbled in it.

[@Smoothini]

Yeah I speak Spanish, english (obviously, French, Italian and Japanese fluently. People who speak 1 language haven't truly tried to learn another one.

[@charnyutprasittanaporn9513]

ภาษาจีนกลาง กับกวางตุ้ง สำเนียงชัดแน่นอน จำสำเนียงจากอากง อาม่า ได้เลยครับ

[@andromeda03]

Amazing! this guy is really amazing!

[@StuartJayRaj]

@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!

[@kikyo4ever]

wow. he's good i'm jealous. i only know 4 languages and i think i'm pretty good...he's beyond that!

[@alexgreenmadera]

I speak 3 languages, but I think he's really good, I would like to speak 3 or 4 languages more. Je peux parler et écrire très bien le Français aussi, y mi lengua materna es el español, muchas personas piensan que es uno de los idiomas mas dificiles de aprender..

[@ครูพี่มิ้นท์แชนเนล]

สุดยอดเลยครับอาจารย์

[@LithiumDarklight]

I can only dream having someone like your grandfather to teach me or to speak with in all the languages I know...

[@NickPissanu]

โห !!! สุดมาก ๆ ครับ 😊

[@StuartJayRaj]

@xrulezx8zx I'm sorry I'm missing Portuguese! ;( ... I've actually studied it for a while, but I wouldn't rank myself in it yet like the other languages in this clip.

[@StuartJayRaj]

@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.

[@StuartJayRaj]

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

[@777gokil]

Mr. Jay, saya dari Indonesia dan saya bangga dengan anda. Mr. Jay, truly you have my utmost of compliment as a language expert. if i may ask, what are the keys of learning a new language ? so far i heard that we must at least master 2500 main vocabularies, are there any special recipes from you ? and you know what, i think i know why you are so intelligent, ;) Baruch HaShem !

[@dckdckmoose]

Interpreting in itself is already hard enough, but from one non-native language to another? Outrageous, seriously jealous of the skillset here.

[@samsonwilkinson8090]

I used to do that for my Swiss family. German to French and vice versa.

[@Ragis]

He sure speaks Spanish, but he's far from sounding native.

[@crondigady]

Fascinating! I have begun learning Thai and having I’m enjoying the process. I’ll try to incorporate some of these ideas into my own practice.

[@k3bo]

Cool i've checked his indonesian and mandarin and they're both amazingly fluent...

[@anipparn]

Me landing here after the Apple ads incident

[@PalawastJeamsaard]

Nice !!

[@spikedog123]

I aspire to be a polyglot too! You're amazing :D!!!

[@africaRBG]

superb

[@neoxavier]

@catboyuk difficult man.. even try to switch language fast enough is difficult.. even for me.. I speak javanese, malaysian,Indonesian, spanish, german, english and learning swedish now

[@highflyer7652]

I don't think it's scripted, he's indonesian is quite good. the accent is better than my immitation of an indonesian accent

[@ivansivak9294]

You should use losmatrix. it's the best place for multilingual people..

[@bubblygurl]

kore sugoi nan desu!! KAKKOI JAN~~ Nanka kare ni naritai n da!! TSUTEKI!!!

[@alecrosewell6959]

This is strange....I listen to the video and realised how thai is a bit similar to mandarin chinese.

[@danilotactac]

Excelente, el tipo se nota que no es falso. Yo hablo 3: Español, inglés, portugês (un poco)

[@abdulbade]

i wish i could learn a 4th language, but its just too hard

[@handcallas]

Just work on it for one or two days and it will be OK ;)

[@stratosl]

He doesn't speak greek, either

[@skubajoe84]

Memang handal orang ini berbahasa....indonesia

[@neoguy9090]

OMG this is what I want to be able to do.

[@Anonymousindividual01]

Você falar português ??? Abraços do Brasil.

[@prun999]

goshhh he's awesome! i'm jealous hahaha

[@Luisofbrazil]

he doesn't speak Portuguese : (

[@handcallas]

he doesn't speak french :S

[@dowling1981]

cyro - como estas, o meu amigo?

[@nemesisurvivorleon]

yeah, amazing. Sprechen Sie Deutsch?

[@Fnnnnnnn19482]

Bloody hell...

[@navahotaku]

你好(Mandarin Chinese)，こんいちは (Japanese), Ya'at'eeh (Navajo), Hao (Lakota/Souix), Okii (Blackfeet), Hola (Spanish), Bonjour (French), Buon giorno (Italian), Zdravo (Croatian) and Hi (English).. Just some stuff I picked up working around tourist early in life.

[@enkidu360]

If you want to see a really talented linguist, see "Translating Seven Languages" post.

[@Nahmee143.]

Ohhh geees! Anyone can do this, you just need to really be interested to know how to speak it. Listening is key LOL. I only know three fluent Languges which is Samoan, Tagalog and of course English. And am Working on KOREAN ^_^ YAY!

[@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

[@wirta022]

but which language do you dream in?

[@oc16chan]

pretty good already...but still needs improvements on Mandarin Chinese and Cantonese... i am native chinese and speak mandarin, cantonese, tewcheow, Hokkien, English, French, Spanish, Italiano and suomi