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Kinda related to http://www.mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=9538" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;.

Post videos of Carlos Ghosn (Renault-Nissan CEO), speaking languages other than English.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eefsRBkjgIk" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; - at 1:40, Japanese

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1Dc7VDQ3yw" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; - Arabic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfX1XbOXyl0" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; - Arabic, I think

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvyUU_DGIFo" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; - French

Anyone have any of him speaking Portuguese?

I'm amazed that he's fluent in Arabic, French, Portuguese and English as it is. I've seen some sources claim he knows Spanish as well (I guess not a huge stretch from Spanish). I recall reading that when GM and Nissan were in negotiations long ago (that fell apart), if Ghosn and Rick Wagoner needed privacy, they'd just speak Portuguese to each other.

I'm unclear about his level of proficiency in Japanese.
 
don't have to understand Japanese to see that to Nissan that LEAF is a vehicle of historic importance
 
cwerdna said:
Kinda related to http://www.mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=9538" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;.

Post videos of Carlos Ghosn (Renault-Nissan CEO), speaking languages other than English.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eefsRBkjgIk" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; - at 1:40, Japanese

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1Dc7VDQ3yw" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; - Arabic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfX1XbOXyl0" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; - Arabic, I think

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvyUU_DGIFo" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; - French

Anyone have any of him speaking Portuguese?

I'm amazed that he's fluent in Arabic, French, Portuguese and English as it is. I've seen some sources claim he knows Spanish as well (I guess not a huge stretch from Spanish). I recall reading that when GM and Nissan were in negotiations long ago (that fell apart), if Ghosn and Rick Wagoner needed privacy, they'd just speak Portuguese to each other.

I'm unclear about his level of proficiency in Japanese.

He speaks Spanish but with French accent:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRzQ7H8gocc" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
 
leafwing said:
He speaks Spanish but with French accent:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRzQ7H8gocc" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Is that Spanish or Portuguese? (I took Spanish in high school AGES ago.)

Google Translate detects the About text on that video as being Portuguese. Listening to Ghosn more, it sounds off compared to Spanish.

YouTube thinks that it's Portuguese as well. Any Portuguese speakers in the house? I know one but wouldn't want to bug her over this... How about fluent Spanish speakers? I'd imagine they could easily tell whether or not it's actually Spanish.

Also, the captions mention Brasil and Brasília, the capital of Brazil. Also, I see "e" instead of "y" (for and). I see another caption for Governador do Rio De Janeiro. Rio is yet another city in Brazil. Seems like that given they speak Portuguese in Brazil, that they'd be speaking Portuguese in that meeting and not Spanish.
 
Ok, I found one of him speaking Spanish.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGfq_02bOkI" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; at the 0:34 mark - España is the name for Spain in Spanish.

Google Translate on the about text refers to Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy.
 
Anyone who can speak so many languages is obviously very intelligent. I watched the video links and I could tell he struggles with Japanese. I suspect that is why he keeps a translator with him at all times. I studied German for 4 years and I still struggle to converse with somebody when I go to Germany. I'm pretty good with reading it, but talking with native speakers at full speed is tough.
 
adric22 said:
Anyone who can speak so many languages is obviously very intelligent. I watched the video links and I could tell he struggles with Japanese. I suspect that is why he keeps a translator with him at all times. I studied German for 4 years and I still struggle to converse with somebody when I go to Germany. I'm pretty good with reading it, but talking with native speakers at full speed is tough.
Yeah, no kidding. He obviously speaks English pretty well. It's amazing to see that it looks like he can keep up w/native speakers at full speed in Arabic, Portuguese and French.

I had 3 years of Spanish and a 1 year of German in high school and can't speak any of these worth beans nor barely listen. My Chinese (in 2 dialects) is terrible. I can't carry out much more than a simple conversation and can't understand most of what's being said on Chinese news broadcasts.

I've also read some claims that he can communicate in Italian, as well. But it's not clear to what extent. I suppose someone who can read and write Portuguese, French and Spanish shouldn't have much trouble at least sort of understanding written Italian as they're all Romance languages and I've seen the similarities.
 
The video of him speaking French is gone. :( Here are a few more:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bR636UwJRV8" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwL80sGruAA" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0DIU58_x7I" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
 
cwerdna said:
Yeah, no kidding. He obviously speaks English pretty well. It's amazing to see that it looks like he can keep up w/native speakers at full speed in Arabic, Portuguese and French.
IIRC, he is an Arab brought up in Brazil, settled in France. I speak 3 languages too ...
 
This isn't Ghosn but https://www.ktvq.com/reporter-uses-6-languages-ukraine-coverage/ is quite impressive: English, Luxembourgish, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German. TIL about https://www.britannica.com/topic/Luxembourgish-language.
Within 48 hours of posting the video, Crowther had returned to his home in Washington, D.C. and appeared on the MSNBC show Dan Abrams Live to talk about the viral video. During the interview, he humbly admitted he could possibly speak a seventh language, Catalan, in an “emergency,” but he considered it a stretch.

When asked about the viral video, Crowther explained that he edited the video himself and was the one to post it on his account. At first, it didn’t seem like the video got much attention, but suddenly, the retweets started and then it began to take off.
 
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