Cape Verde’s soccer players have refused to speak any language other than the nation’s official language, Portuguese, in interviews. Their intention is to promote the language because they believe that the world does not show enough appreciation for Portuguese. Some of their interview clips have been subtitled using professional Portuguese translation services and have been posted on video sharing sites for fans to enjoy. Cap Verde’s players usually try to be polite and speak to foreigners in their tongue when possible.
However, the president of Cape Verde has requested that the players stick to the Portuguese language during interviews while the African Nations Cup is happening. They hope that by following the president’s order the Portuguese language will be better recognized and valued internationally. They depend on professional Portuguese interpreters to translate their conversations as the interviews occur or to have the videos subtitled for viewers who do not understand Portuguese. Many non Portuguese speaking soccer fans have shown interest in following Cape Verde in the African Nations Cup because the team has surprised the world by transforming from being one of the poorest performing teams to one of the eight remaining teams in the tournament.
Fans from other parts of the world are watching them closely and seek professional translation for Portuguese in order to learn from the coaches how the team managed to improve so significantly in a relatively short period of time. Now that the players have decided not to speak anything but Portuguese if you do not understand the language but are still interested in understanding the interviews, you can take advantage of the videos posted on social media sites. Often fans upload videos with professional Portuguese translation of the interview as subtitles. If you find a video in Portuguese but cannot find the translation anywhere online you can simply contact us for our Portuguese translation services.
