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Originally Posted by ericwilsonisfat
Hi all,
this is my first post on the forum. As some others here, i am going to travel to Japan in a few weeks. I am from Europe and to be short: I was asking myself if it is worth the money to buy a (speaking) translation device. Does it really make communication better or can I rely on english and common sense?
Thanks for the opinions!
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Elnglish and Common sesnse seems to work for most so far if you stay within tourist area or the city. It will be difficult for anything outside of the city. I find it extremely useful to have a small pocket dictionary, spitting out single words in japanese also work, or if all thing fail, show just show them the dictionary and point...