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Once does not a habit make, but I thought I\u2019d take the opportunity to at least recount my personal experience. I\u2019d like to talk to you about my 2021 summer holiday, and more specifically about my road trip to Germany in a fitted van with 2 young children. (Photo of one of our mountain camping spots \u2013 summer 2021).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don\u2019t worry, I\u2019m not going to turn this into a travel blog, but I would like to take a look at this from a linguistic point of view. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Children and languages<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ll start by making it clear that we had initially planned to stay out 3 weeks, but that we ended up cutting a few days short.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why? Our two kids, aged 8 and 5, had difficulty with the fact that that couldn\u2019t understand the language being spoken by everyone around them, or even to them. Of course, they quickly learned the words necessary to mind their P\u2019s and Q\u2019s, but nothing useful for talking to other kids their age at a playground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I do want to say that I think it is important to introduce young children to such experiences as it\u2019s a good way to help them understand the importance of learning foreign languages<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite this little change to our plans, the trip was chock full of new discoveries and opportunities to learn, but I\u2019m sure that\u2019s nothing surprising to you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Travelling with Google Translate<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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From a linguistic<\/strong> point of view, it\u2019s always possible to get by with English while in Germany, even at the register of any grocery store. On the other side, we met very few people who spoke French.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As it is, it\u2019s always a stressful moment when you\u2019re sitting down in a restaurant with a menu you can\u2019t read and crossing your fingers you don\u2019t end up with something completely inedible. I have to admit, Google image translator provided us invaluable aid in these moments of desperation. Obviously, it didn\u2019t provide us with a quality translation, but it provided crucial information about certain key words that gave us more or less an idea of what we would find in our plates (which generally contained some sausage, to be fair ^_^).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And that wasn\u2019t the only time Google extended a helping hand\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another huge help came while we were trying to do our wash without understanding a single word on the displayed programmes! Give Google\u2019s solution a test yourself\u2026 At least for me, it allowed me to finish my laundry, and get it back in good shape!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And the uses of Google translate don\u2019t end there when you\u2019re abroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From time to time, we would end up at a campsite where the receptionist spoke neither French, English, nor Spanish (the 3 languages I, myself speak). After my husband gave a go of understanding what they said in German, I took out my phone and recorded them through Google translate. To my utmost delight, success! It wasn\u2019t exactly a good French translation, but it was enough for me to understand they had a place for us to spend the night!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, these solutions won\u2019t replace professional translation and interpretation<\/strong>, but they do make travelling easier in a way that wasn\u2019t possible 20 or 30 years ago! Want to share your own anecdotes about the linguistic troubles you had on holiday this summer? We\u2019re all ears!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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