So does it whisper in your ear what to say back in return? If so, why have I gone back to college three days a week to learn Italian????
In Italian or French mode, Glynda, it may just whisper sweet nothings in your ear!!!
So at least you won't have fully wasted your lessons! At least you will understand what they are whispering into your ear. LOL!!
So now, in addition to finally having the Dick Tracy wrist communicator (Apple iwatch), we now have the Star Trek instant translator/communicator. I now stand amazed. These buds are a big improvement over my 10-year-old electronic dictionary/translator.
Oh my, Bob! I read your response at the same time NBC was showing a new robot turning front and back flips and wondering what people will use their minds and bodies to actually do in the future! I'm just hoping my sitting in a classroom with 22 freshman, three days a week, will help stave off dementia and also come in handy in Italy someday. At least, I'll be better able to read menus at Italian restaurants! I'll skip the buds.
Hey Glynda, I hear you!
I am relatively fluent in French and can get along in both German and Italian, but only a smattering of Spanish. It does come in handy when travelling and not just for reading menus, although sometimes my little electronic dictionary/translator has saved the day, so won't give that up.
As to robots doing flips, I may have to let them do that, since my arthritic knees no longer let me do them!! The technology is amazing as to what it can do now, but agree it's still no substitute for personal knowledge and skills IMO. So keep up the studies. Besides, it is fun being able to directly communicate with someone in their own language. If electronics can help...great. But being able to do it yourself, I think comes across as more genuine and engaged.
I remember sitting in a restaurant in a town up in the hills on the Adriatic coast of Italy. The table next to us asked where we were from when they heard us speaking English. There were two couples, none of whom spoke much English. I chatted with one couple primarily in German and the other in French, plus a smattering of English and Italian.
We were able to understand each other and had a good conversation for the rest of the evening and even repeated it, at their invitation, the next night. So I am a big supporter of knowing multiple languages, even if it is just to be polite with basic greetings. And this is just one example of many that I could give over the years, where we got to interact because we could find a way to communicate.
Hey Glynda, I hear you!
I am relatively fluent in French and can get along in both German and Italian, but only a smattering of Spanish. It does come in handy when travelling and not just for reading menus, although sometimes my little electronic dictionary/translator has saved the day, so won't give that up.
As to robots doing flips, I may have to let them do that, since my arthritic knees no longer let me do them!! The technology is amazing as to what it can do now, but agree it's still no substitute for personal knowledge and skills IMO. So keep up the studies. Besides, it is fun being able to directly communicate with someone in their own language. If electronics can help...great. But being able to do it yourself, I think comes across as more genuine and engaged.
I remember sitting in a restaurant in a town up in the hills on the Adriatic coast of Italy. The table next to us asked where we were from when they heard us speaking English. There were two couples, none of whom spoke much English. I chatted with one couple primarily in German and the other in French, plus a smattering of English and Italian.
We were able to understand each other and had a good conversation for the rest of the evening and even repeated it, at their invitation, the next night. So I am a big supporter of knowing multiple languages, even if it is just to be polite with basic greetings. And this is just one example of many that I could give over the years, where we got to interact because we could find a way to communicate.
