The Best Translation Apps for Every Travel Situation
Whether you need help reading Asian characters, conducting international business meetings, or getting your wine refilled, these five will have you covered.
To a certain extent, native English speakers have it easy. The language is spoken by one in five people globally, making it easily understood anywhere from Athens to Zagreb. And for those of us who learned English as toddlers, the languages we picked up in high school or fine-tuned during study abroad make the world feel even more interconnected.
But sometimes that leg up still leaves us at a literal loss for words. When you’re trying to communicate with a taxi driver in Tokyo or pick the right cold medicine in France (how do you say non-drowsy, again?), there’s only so much that rudimentary language skills, or a helpful concierge, can do to help.