Hand held language translators

I had first hand experience of one of these over the weekend. Whilst stuck in a queue at Dublin port, I met a Hungarian couple who had one, spoke no English, and used theirs to communicate with me. I was impressed, even if it was a little slow and made the conversation stilted, but it worked well enough to get our respective messages across. Unfortunately, I didn’t get a good enough look at the brand name.

Maybe Enence?

It is quite prolific. Mixed customer reviews if they can be believed. OK, but I would not like to rely on it with a language that I had zilch understanding of.

No, it had a small screen that displayed a waveform when receiving audio input through the microphone. It was quite flat, and about half the size of a cigarette packet.

From the experiences I’ve been having recently, some Brits who rely on a handheld whatzit to translate are a pain in the proverbial :rofl: :wink:
They’ve been here for years and have let themselves become dependent on the whatzit and allowed their brains to slumber :rofl: :wink:

But, I’m pleased to note that some of them are now taking lessons.
there’s room for whatzits and brains :wink: :wink:
Hurrah.

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Use the app Reverso on your phone. Works a treat.

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Microsoft Translator is good