English to Spanish app for phone
I checked the internet for language translator app's for the smart phones and the androids and found a number off them. Most people today have one of these phones and travel to a different language...
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Agreed.
Spanish is my third language and as such I speak no particular dialect and am influenced by spanish of at least 4 countries. Although dialects are different for the most part Spanish is Spanish and any Spanish speaker will be able to communicate with any other spanish speaker. Even within Spain we found serious regional differences but at no time does it become a communication problem. I have occasionally used the voseo (vosotros) form of verbs but am not comfortable with it and don't bother. After a few weeks in a place everyone likes to mimic accents etc (especially fun in Madrid) but for the most part, speak whats comfortable for you and communications will take place. French is my second language and it works the same way although some will tell you that a francophone from Canada won't be able to communicate with a Francophone from France. Total horsehockey. Dialects change and some proper names and adjectives, the language stays the same. It can make for fun conversation though. :)
I recently achieved my B1 level in German and have started to listen to more of the Bayerish (Bavarian) German. Yah there are some serious differences but they are more related to the culture and with a little effort it still comes back to the same thing. German is German no matter what region. Having said that I am struggling with it more than I did with Spanish. I'm not worried, it'll come with time. Reading and writing are pretty much the same, its the dialect differences in the spoken word thats tougher (or at least for me) in German. It's something I want to get a handle on as it is a favorite part of Germany for both of us. Its no big deal as Standard German works anywhere, just a nice way to show respect for the regional culture if you can function outside the standard a bit.
Our experience with a translation APP in Italy was horrible. I just started speaking Spanish and almost always found a Spanish speaker. Italian and Arabic are on the list to learn but thats a couple years away.
Spanish is my third language and as such I speak no particular dialect and am influenced by spanish of at least 4 countries. Although dialects are different for the most part Spanish is Spanish and any Spanish speaker will be able to communicate with any other spanish speaker. Even within Spain we found serious regional differences but at no time does it become a communication problem. I have occasionally used the voseo (vosotros) form of verbs but am not comfortable with it and don't bother. After a few weeks in a place everyone likes to mimic accents etc (especially fun in Madrid) but for the most part, speak whats comfortable for you and communications will take place. French is my second language and it works the same way although some will tell you that a francophone from Canada won't be able to communicate with a Francophone from France. Total horsehockey. Dialects change and some proper names and adjectives, the language stays the same. It can make for fun conversation though. :)
I recently achieved my B1 level in German and have started to listen to more of the Bayerish (Bavarian) German. Yah there are some serious differences but they are more related to the culture and with a little effort it still comes back to the same thing. German is German no matter what region. Having said that I am struggling with it more than I did with Spanish. I'm not worried, it'll come with time. Reading and writing are pretty much the same, its the dialect differences in the spoken word thats tougher (or at least for me) in German. It's something I want to get a handle on as it is a favorite part of Germany for both of us. Its no big deal as Standard German works anywhere, just a nice way to show respect for the regional culture if you can function outside the standard a bit.
Our experience with a translation APP in Italy was horrible. I just started speaking Spanish and almost always found a Spanish speaker. Italian and Arabic are on the list to learn but thats a couple years away.
