Lost In Translation?
January 23rd, 2008Unless you're Bill Murray or Scarlett Johansson it's no fun being stuck somewhere where you do not speak the language. That place can be a foreign country, an unknown neighborhood, or sometimes even your own home when a new lawn or cleaning crew pops up.
How exactly does one explain themselves in such situations? You may try using your legs to say your mind. But countries differ, situations differ and that is why the body language do not always properly translate your views on the issue at hand. If you are good at scanning for words you can obtain yourself a mini-dictionary for foreign language intensive situations. It might be quite clumsy if you are not that quick. Why not trust the technology then? Like having an electronic Spanish translator. A daunting task of communication in a tongue unknown to you might be manageable with the help of a palm sized electronic device! Aren't translation devices cool? Handheld translation tools were first introduced by Franklin Electronic Publishers and they are still viewed as the industry standard. Employing an electronic interpreter is very convenient: you just input word in your known language and get the phrase in another tongue. Not only you see the word combination, you can actually hear it as the fancy electronic dictionaries can reproduce sound. There will be fewer stories for you to tell your buddies about embarrassing experiences because you could not say the word