¿Se Habla Dinero?: The Everyday Guide to Financial Success

by Lynn Jimenez

Book Overview

A bilingual guide to the basics of financial success.

Getting ahead financially in the United States is a difficult task, and it is even more daunting for someone who comes from a different culture.

That's why author Lynn Jimenez has created Se Habla Dinero?: The Everyday Guide to Financial Success. This book offers information needed for financial survival and success, simply and clearly, in both English and Spanish.

Se Habla Dinero?...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0470074809
• ISBN13: 9780470074800
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

For learning Spanish

I have purchased this book for a different reason than other reviewers. My objective is to learn Spanish. I have tried other types of bilingual reading (mostly by purchasing both versions separately, but there are a few parallel text books) like fictions and biographies. But, they were too difficult for a novice learner like me to continue. Vocabulary used in those books is too advanced. Then I've found this book, a book on personal financial matters written for everybody with Spanish and English on opposite pages. English translation is not literal translation, but it is not too difficult to find the meaning of unknown Spanish words. Initially, I though about getting the Kindle version because it is less expensive. But, I found through the sample text that opposite-page translation does not appear consecutively in the Kindle version, thus it does not meet my needs of comparing Spanish/English texts quickly and easily. The book's vocabulary includes a few special terms in economics and finance, but the number of such terms is manageable. The rest is a lot of everyday words. So far, this book seems ideal for learning intermediate Spanish.

A novel idea and a helpful book

Navigating the maze of US financial instruments and all their accompanying jargon is hard enough for those of us who speak English as a first language. I pity anyone who's struggling to learn the language while having to close on a mortgage or sign a lease at the same time. This book is really two books. It's a comprehensive, easy-to-read financial guide with an ESL lesson built in. Spanish speakers can easily find the information they need on the left pages and look to the right pages for the corresponding information in English. A lot of people will want to take this book with them when they visit the bank for a loan. Lynn Jimenez uses her decades of journalism experience to interview the experts in every area and to distill their advice into plain English - and Spanish. The book is comprehensive and easy to read, and the bilingual format is a bonus for readers who are still climbing the language curve.

for my mother

So far so good. I have not read it. I bought it for my mother. She has been in America for over 30 years, but didn't have to worry about financial matters until my father passed away. I got her this book so that she wouldn't get taken advantage of by creditors or other such organizations and people. She likes it and will pass it on to friends when she is through.

Suzie Orman for Latinos!!

This book is exactly what we have needed on the shelves for years now. Finally there is a book that explains how to use all the great American money set ups--banks and credit and loans etc --to all the hardworking folks earning a good living but unsure how to make the most of it. I thought her approach was really nice--totally practical and tackling a topic that most of us need help with but don't know who to ask. And, because the book is in both English and Spanish, the information is available to everyone!! This book also lets us know that any of us can make our money grow and that we all can take part in a system that leads to savings, home ownership, college, and retirement with $$$$. Great book!

Excellent Multicultural Guide to Financial Success

"Se Habla Dinero," the incredible new bilingual book subtitled "The Everyday Guide to Financial Success" - written by award-winning San Francisco business journalist Lynn Jimenez - should be compulsory reading for every high school and community college student in America. Why? Because I believe, as a retired Business News Editor at The San Francisco Chronicle and former instructor at three large colleges, that had this book been placed on school desks and kitchen tables a quarter century ago our nation would likely be in the midst of an educated economic boom rather than meandering in an overextended, credit-bloated financial fizzle. Most interesting from a publishing view is that each chapter contains side-by-side, easy-to-comprehend rules for financial success written in Spanish and English. The formula is brilliant: left-side, even-numbered pages written in Spanish and the corresponding right-side pages in English. But it's the crisp, clear content that rings my bell. Sections entitled: Let's Talk Money, Managing and Saving for Independence, Borrowing Wisely, Investing for Success, and Financial Facts of Life are divided into segments that focus on personal reader missions, goals, values and practical application. "Se Habla Dinero" will be on my gift list for everyone under 40 who needs a financial primer and for older readers to share with children and grandchildren. As author Jimenez says: "It's not easy to talk about money... but talking about it with people you trust can make money less mysterious. Saber es poder! (Knowledge is power!)