[criddell]

> I'm not sure where you are that you can't read the signs (but have cell service), but you would be really out on a limb if that's the case and you don't have anyone to help you out. I'd honestly find it kind of pathetic to watch.

I guess you don’t travel often or maybe you can read lots of different languages. I can’t so my phone is useful.

Which would you say is more pathetic - the guy and his wife trying to read a menu in a foreign language or the person standing off to the side watching and judging?

[dsalfdslfdsa]

If I'm somewhere where I can't read the local language nor is there anyone to ask to translate, then menu translation is the least of my worries. How do you do anything else, like pay, or arrange transport or accomodation? I would certainly judge if someone tried to achieve all of those things by waving a phone around and gesticulating at people.

It's a neat feature, don't get me wrong, but a complete luxury (and only works out in relatively developed countries).