Stacy Rosien | Jun 4, 2019 - 08:14

Let me tell you about the Google Translate app (on both ios and Android) - what an amazing tool to assist with language barriers on menus, signage or any text in a foreign language. While not perfect (the word champignon translated to fungus - which a mushroom really is anyways), it is a great feature to help bridge the language divide and make communications a few steps a little easier.

download the app to your phone before you leave
choose the language (example, from French to English)
click the camera icon and use it to interpret menus and printed materials.
copy and paste text into the text box for an interpretation
explore it's other features like voice and conversations.
click the arrows to reverse English to French to translate how to convert an english word to french.

- Download Google Translate on the Apple App Store

- Download Google Translate on the Android Google Play Store

We recently discovered and used the Google Translate app on a recent trip to France and while we used it mostly on restaurant menus and informational signage at attractions, it really did help guide us through a few confusing spots.

A free app available for your mobile device, we've now added this to our essentials toolkit while traveling [GoGirlfriend Recommended]!

~ GG Staff

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Translate menus, informational signage and more from a foreign language