Don't be lost for words on foreign travels
Wednesday 22nd July 2009
Filed under What Present To Buy A Jet Setter Who Likes To Speak To The Locals

As a nation, we're not the most multilinguistic lot, but it's amazing how a few words in a foreign tongue can open so many doors when you're abroad. The locals love it when you show you're not one of the rank and file who think that shouting in English is the key to being understood.

Okay, you can get phrasebooks, dictionaries or electronic translators to help you. They'll show you the words but the problem is how to pronounce them.

Never fear, help is at hand with the Trinvo Talking Translator. This uber clever little gadget allows the user to cross-translate up to 12 international languages. It then speaks in a human voice in the native language - saving you the embarrassment of mispronouncing everything.

A simple press of a button and you'll be able to communicate in Spanish, Russian, German, Dutch, French, Italian, Turkish, Japanese, Portuguese, Arabic or even Chinese (Mandarin). Each language stores over 750 commonly used travel-related sentences, as well as a dictionary of more than 2,500 words and popular sightseeing info.

So if you know someone who doesn't want to be tongue tied or lost for words on their travels, get them a Talking Translator.

The Electronic Talking Translator is available online for £34.99. more