{"id":3648,"date":"2013-09-18T08:42:43","date_gmt":"2013-09-18T15:42:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jett.in\/?p=3648"},"modified":"2015-07-29T07:01:58","modified_gmt":"2015-07-29T14:01:58","slug":"thank-dear-friend-google-translate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/wanderlusty\/2013\/09\/thank-dear-friend-google-translate\/","title":{"rendered":"Thank You My Dear Friend Google Translate"},"content":{"rendered":"

i’ve written before<\/a> about how handy a local SIM is for making sure you have access to maps and other resources while traveling, but a tool that i use time and again, i’ve realized, is Google Translate<\/a>.<\/p>\n

i went to a pharmacy today in search of an anti-itch cream because i’ve been eaten alive by mosquitoes (thanks to an open window and St. Petersburg’s bug problem, even though it’s very fall weather outside). the pharmacist didn’t speak English (i didn’t have any expectations that she would) so i whipped out my phone:<\/p>\n

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she took a quick glance at the screen and got me a tube of Fenistil, an anti-itch gel<\/a> — which, while expensive, works like a charm.<\/p>\n

thinking back, it’s definitely not the first time i used Google Translate to help communicate and as a dictionary:<\/p>\n

trying to buy detergent in Kiev:<\/em><\/p>\n

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Me to employee: *show box* *show phone*. Employee: *nod*. Yay google translate! pic.twitter.com\/ciheXVwe<\/a><\/p>\n

— Jonathan Khoo (@jonk) September 5, 2012<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n