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Today I was reading the Wall Street Journal, and my favorite column The Cranky Consumer. The story was about the expansion of over-the-phone translation services. My first thought was great, then my next thought was.....maybe not.
Would you use this service while traveling? I might consider it if I was on a business trip, but then again I would probably hire someone to be with me who was fluent in the local language. On vacation, I still am inclined toward my favorite guidebooks and mini-dictionaries.
I think the interpretive dance we all do while acting out our meanings while in a foreign country, is kind of expected by the locals. Don't you think?
Would you use this service while traveling? I might consider it if I was on a business trip, but then again I would probably hire someone to be with me who was fluent in the local language. On vacation, I still am inclined toward my favorite guidebooks and mini-dictionaries.
I think the interpretive dance we all do while acting out our meanings while in a foreign country, is kind of expected by the locals. Don't you think?
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