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I only use Google translate to work out single words only.
I speak a few languages and find that sentences are not accurate, particularly when the context is subtle.
And from the messages I get in French using Google Translate... well it's really not accurate. A couple came out insulting when they were not meant to be.
So I would say be careful how you use it.
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By *riskygaz OP Man
over a year ago
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"I only use Google translate to work out single words only.
I speak a few languages and find that sentences are not accurate, particularly when the context is subtle.
And from the messages I get in French using Google Translate... well it's really not accurate. A couple came out insulting when they were not meant to be.
So I would say be careful how you use it.
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i guess it must be hard to get these translation apps perfect, but for a total none speaker I am sure they must be worth having on your phone, I am probably going on a motorbike trip around France in the summer, and only know half a dozen words in French, so I might be needing the app lol |
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"I only use Google translate to work out single words only.
I speak a few languages and find that sentences are not accurate, particularly when the context is subtle.
And from the messages I get in French using Google Translate... well it's really not accurate. A couple came out insulting when they were not meant to be.
So I would say be careful how you use it.
i guess it must be hard to get these translation apps perfect, but for a total none speaker I am sure they must be worth having on your phone, I am probably going on a motorbike trip around France in the summer, and only know half a dozen words in French, so I might be needing the app lol"
It is even impossible to get them perfect. Languages are so subtle. Nothing wrong with the old phrasebook you know lol and you have 6 months to learn basic French lol... here's a New Year's resolution for you
Your trip sounds fun though  |
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By *riskygaz OP Man
over a year ago
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"I only use Google translate to work out single words only.
I speak a few languages and find that sentences are not accurate, particularly when the context is subtle.
And from the messages I get in French using Google Translate... well it's really not accurate. A couple came out insulting when they were not meant to be.
So I would say be careful how you use it.
i guess it must be hard to get these translation apps perfect, but for a total none speaker I am sure they must be worth having on your phone, I am probably going on a motorbike trip around France in the summer, and only know half a dozen words in French, so I might be needing the app lol
It is even impossible to get them perfect. Languages are so subtle. Nothing wrong with the old phrasebook you know lol and you have 6 months to learn basic French lol... here's a New Year's resolution for you
Your trip sounds fun though "
my memory is so bad I don't think I could ever learn a new language, but will try to get a few basics sentences for the France trip, it will be are first trip outside the UK, so yes I think it will be a fun one, the swiss alps is defo on my to do list |
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i've used it to speak farsi with someone on skype, met him on a gaming site that no longer exists. he sends me loads of music.
is hard work though, copy and pasting stuff we don't understand. |
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"I only use Google translate to work out single words only.
I speak a few languages and find that sentences are not accurate, particularly when the context is subtle.
And from the messages I get in French using Google Translate... well it's really not accurate. A couple came out insulting when they were not meant to be.
So I would say be careful how you use it.
i guess it must be hard to get these translation apps perfect, but for a total none speaker I am sure they must be worth having on your phone, I am probably going on a motorbike trip around France in the summer, and only know half a dozen words in French, so I might be needing the app lol
It is even impossible to get them perfect. Languages are so subtle. Nothing wrong with the old phrasebook you know lol and you have 6 months to learn basic French lol... here's a New Year's resolution for you
Your trip sounds fun though my memory is so bad I don't think I could ever learn a new language, but will try to get a few basics sentences for the France trip, it will be are first trip outside the UK, so yes I think it will be a fun one, the swiss alps is defo on my to do list "
Am sure you will be fine, if you have a reason to remember
The Alps are fantastic in the summertime, great scenery. Enjoy |
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"I only use Google translate to work out single words only.
I speak a few languages and find that sentences are not accurate, particularly when the context is subtle.
And from the messages I get in French using Google Translate... well it's really not accurate. A couple came out insulting when they were not meant to be.
So I would say be careful how you use it.
i guess it must be hard to get these translation apps perfect, but for a total none speaker I am sure they must be worth having on your phone, I am probably going on a motorbike trip around France in the summer, and only know half a dozen words in French, so I might be needing the app lol
It is even impossible to get them perfect. Languages are so subtle. Nothing wrong with the old phrasebook you know lol and you have 6 months to learn basic French lol... here's a New Year's resolution for you
Your trip sounds fun though "
.It would be a bit of a wasted energy and time to learn a language for just a holiday!.
I'd just learn some basic everyday sayings that would be handy like Bonjour excuse moi que vous parlez anglais mon français ne est pas bon... Or something along those lines helped me out on a few trips although I must admit France is certainly a place you'll struggle finding people who speak English, but with some basic French basic English nice smiles and pointing you can get by. |
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Oh and I wouldn't go to the Alps in the height of summer myself again, it's very hot and quite repressive with the thin air, or that's how I found it the two times I was there watching the tour de France. |
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By *oddamnCouple
over a year ago
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Try the word lens app. It uses the smartphone camera to translate straight onto the screen. It doesn't use Wi-Fi or 3g, so I presume it uses magic to work!
In Lausanne earlier this year I knew what the French for lamb was, but the sauce was a mystery until I held the words lens app over the menu! |
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Funny this thread should come up the same time as the Nostradamus thread, i just posted on there with a link to a video to youtube....Nostradamus predictions 2015. On the video it says 2015 end of language barriers all over the world, possibly through use of some kind of universal machine translation device? Spooky. |
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"Funny this thread should come up the same time as the Nostradamus thread, i just posted on there with a link to a video to youtube....Nostradamus predictions 2015. On the video it says 2015 end of language barriers all over the world, possibly through use of some kind of universal machine translation device? Spooky."
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"I only use Google translate to work out single words only.
I speak a few languages and find that sentences are not accurate, particularly when the context is subtle.
And from the messages I get in French using Google Translate... well it's really not accurate. A couple came out insulting when they were not meant to be.
So I would say be careful how you use it.
i guess it must be hard to get these translation apps perfect, but for a total none speaker I am sure they must be worth having on your phone, I am probably going on a motorbike trip around France in the summer, and only know half a dozen words in French, so I might be needing the app lol
It is even impossible to get them perfect. Languages are so subtle. Nothing wrong with the old phrasebook you know lol and you have 6 months to learn basic French lol... here's a New Year's resolution for you
Your trip sounds fun though .It would be a bit of a wasted energy and time to learn a language for just a holiday!.
I'd just learn some basic everyday sayings that would be handy like Bonjour excuse moi que vous parlez anglais mon français ne est pas bon... Or something along those lines helped me out on a few trips although I must admit France is certainly a place you'll struggle finding people who speak English, but with some basic French basic English nice smiles and pointing you can get by."
Am gonna be a wee bit controversial for once and say that's why British people are so bad at languages... I say that with a smile btw... don't hang me lol
It's not a waste of energy and learning some basic everyday sayings is learning the language, at least it is a start |
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"I only use Google translate to work out single words only.
I speak a few languages and find that sentences are not accurate, particularly when the context is subtle.
And from the messages I get in French using Google Translate... well it's really not accurate. A couple came out insulting when they were not meant to be.
So I would say be careful how you use it.
i guess it must be hard to get these translation apps perfect, but for a total none speaker I am sure they must be worth having on your phone, I am probably going on a motorbike trip around France in the summer, and only know half a dozen words in French, so I might be needing the app lol
It is even impossible to get them perfect. Languages are so subtle. Nothing wrong with the old phrasebook you know lol and you have 6 months to learn basic French lol... here's a New Year's resolution for you
Your trip sounds fun though .It would be a bit of a wasted energy and time to learn a language for just a holiday!.
I'd just learn some basic everyday sayings that would be handy like Bonjour excuse moi que vous parlez anglais mon français ne est pas bon... Or something along those lines helped me out on a few trips although I must admit France is certainly a place you'll struggle finding people who speak English, but with some basic French basic English nice smiles and pointing you can get by.
Am gonna be a wee bit controversial for once and say that's why British people are so bad at languages... I say that with a smile btw... don't hang me lol
It's not a waste of energy and learning some basic everyday sayings is learning the language, at least it is a start "
lol where's my gallows.. Well languages take alot of time for most, some it comes easier to than others, but really is there much point if your only intending going there three times?. Fair enough if you holiday somewhere every year, ive leant quite a bit of welsh because I do go there alot.
I wasn't saying learning language perse was bad just not if your not going to use it. |
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Am gonna be a wee bit controversial for once and say that's why British people are so bad at languages... I say that with a smile btw... don't hang me lol
It's not a waste of energy and learning some basic everyday sayings is learning the language, at least it is a start lol where's my gallows.. Well languages take alot of time for most, some it comes easier to than others, but really is there much point if your only intending going there three times?. Fair enough if you holiday somewhere every year, ive leant quite a bit of welsh because I do go there alot.
I wasn't saying learning language perse was bad just not if your not going to use it."
I know what you mean... was teasing... not enough teasing going on on threads these days lol.
Am still trying to learn Scottish after 20 years here lol
May be I should use Google translate to ken what they are blethering aboot here
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Am gonna be a wee bit controversial for once and say that's why British people are so bad at languages... I say that with a smile btw... don't hang me lol
It's not a waste of energy and learning some basic everyday sayings is learning the language, at least it is a start lol where's my gallows.. Well languages take alot of time for most, some it comes easier to than others, but really is there much point if your only intending going there three times?. Fair enough if you holiday somewhere every year, ive leant quite a bit of welsh because I do go there alot.
I wasn't saying learning language perse was bad just not if your not going to use it.
I know what you mean... was teasing... not enough teasing going on on threads these days lol.
Am still trying to learn Scottish after 20 years here lol
May be I should use Google translate to ken what they are blethering aboot here
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well there's an awful lot of dialect and accent in Britain that's for sure, as a lifer I still get lost with Geordie's! |
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Am gonna be a wee bit controversial for once and say that's why British people are so bad at languages... I say that with a smile btw... don't hang me lol
It's not a waste of energy and learning some basic everyday sayings is learning the language, at least it is a start lol where's my gallows.. Well languages take alot of time for most, some it comes easier to than others, but really is there much point if your only intending going there three times?. Fair enough if you holiday somewhere every year, ive leant quite a bit of welsh because I do go there alot.
I wasn't saying learning language perse was bad just not if your not going to use it.
I know what you mean... was teasing... not enough teasing going on on threads these days lol.
Am still trying to learn Scottish after 20 years here lol
May be I should use Google translate to ken what they are blethering aboot here
well there's an awful lot of dialect and accent in Britain that's for sure, as a lifer I still get lost with Geordie's!"
Indeed, I have made my own dialect too lol englo-Franco-scottish lol and finger pointing if that doesn't work. |
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Am gonna be a wee bit controversial for once and say that's why British people are so bad at languages... I say that with a smile btw... don't hang me lol
It's not a waste of energy and learning some basic everyday sayings is learning the language, at least it is a start lol where's my gallows.. Well languages take alot of time for most, some it comes easier to than others, but really is there much point if your only intending going there three times?. Fair enough if you holiday somewhere every year, ive leant quite a bit of welsh because I do go there alot.
I wasn't saying learning language perse was bad just not if your not going to use it.
I know what you mean... was teasing... not enough teasing going on on threads these days lol.
Am still trying to learn Scottish after 20 years here lol
May be I should use Google translate to ken what they are blethering aboot here
well there's an awful lot of dialect and accent in Britain that's for sure, as a lifer I still get lost with Geordie's!
Indeed, I have made my own dialect too lol englo-Franco-scottish lol and finger pointing if that doesn't work. "
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I use it quite a lot when visiting the ex in laws in turkey. They don't soeak a word of English and I dint speak turkish. Helps a lot when my bro in law isn't there to translate |
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