Why you should not use the application-translators in the journey

Thanks to new technologies Google Translate and Microsoft Translator application to cope with the translation of the text more and more successful. But do not use them in the journey, if you want to get the most out of the trip.

Patrick Allan (Patrick Allan)

Journalist, traveler.

Google Translate and Microsoft Translator fairly accurately recognize speech can translate the text, even if you do not the Internet, and to translate the inscriptions on signs and menus using smartphone cameras can in real time a cafe.

Using these applications, you can navigate through unfamiliar country without experiencing difficulties with the language. But if you want to get the most impressions, translators applications will only interfere.

Applications prevent understand the culture of another country

Language - this is not a barrier that must be overcome. It reflects the extent to which you understand the culture of another country. If you always rely on application-translators, you lose a key component of understanding.

Language - is a road map of a culture. He will tell where they came from his people and where they are going.

Rita Mae Brown (Rita Mae Brown), writer

If you are ready to travel and learn the basic concepts of a foreign language, you will become more open to real dialogue.

• You will be perceived not as an ordinary tourist, but as a traveler.
• You demonstrate your respect and that most other cultures.
• People like it when foreigners try to speak their language.

When Patrick Allan arrived in Japan, he is in any situation instantly clutched his phone. But soon he realized that he was looking at the amazing culture through the filter. The next day, he removed the travel smart phone in a backpack and decided to use the minimum Japanese wordsWho learned before.

He talked a little bit with a beautiful woman in Shibuya, starting a conversation with the simple phrase "Melon bread - it is delicious." He argued with street vendors in Shinjuku. He asked for help when he could not find the right address. He randomly ordered some unusual drinks and dishes from the menu and stayed satisfied. But he would never let them have tried, if translated the menu with your smartphone.

With the app you get fewer impressions

The trip will be enjoyable, even if you use translators. But you miss the attention of a lot of interesting details.

When you travel, you visit new places and see strange things. you've photographing, You can even check out the internet for more information. But the details of everyday life and culture of interesting shots.

The main thing in the journey - experience. Otherwise, you could just see pictures of beautiful places, while sitting at home on the couch.

Applications are not motivated to learn the language

Dive into a new culture is the desire to learn new languages. It seems that talk briefly on the second or third foreign language - an impossible task. But even the smallest punching the language barrier, you give your mind to the possibility to go beyond this basic knowledge.

Go through the language barrier it is best to help the urgency and necessity.

When the smartphone is in your backpack, you have to rely on their own knowledge. It motivates you to learn better and learn more.

When you are beginning to realize what you can do, there is confidence and momentum for further study. Patrick Allan decided to learn Japanese, and all three of his alphabet - this push, he got through the journey.

Use applications and translators - the same as playing on the easy difficulty level in a video game. Play nice and easy, but you just progress through the story before the final. For you, there is no trial, no tremor in his legs, no adventures, So the experience will be less memorable.

Perhaps you do not need to play at the heavyweight level of complexity. You can select a normal level: download applications and translators in the smart phone to use them if necessary. But first, still try to immerse yourself in a foreign culture. When you talk to someone in a foreign language, you give yourself the opportunity to try a new experience.