Biggest travel fear?

TECHNOLOGY has transformed travel, shrinking the world with thousands of destinations only a click away. However, new research from Booking.com reveals a significant two thirds (63 percent) of global travellers don’t believe they’re making the most of their #travel and ‘waste’ their holiday. Key obstacles include language barriers, finding the right accommodation and the fear of unfamiliar situations in foreign countries.

Booking.com has teamed up with ili, the world’s fastest offline translation device to help travellers overcome these travel fears. This collaboration will help breakdown language barriers and empower travellers to unlock new experiences they were reluctant to try before. The ili devices translate English into three language outputs including Spanish, Japanese and Mandarin in a little as 0.2 seconds without internet connection. These devices can help with simple interactions such as asking for directions to locations off the beaten track or ordering local food and even chatting with the locals.

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Holiday Japanese at the airport

MOST Japanese people speak or understand at least some English, since all secondary school students study it for at least six years, and many working adults take English conversation classes in their spare time.

While communication is nearly always possible, for those times when a combination of basic English, gestures, and hand-drawn diagrams just don’t cut the mustard, knowing some basic Japanese phrases can be very useful. Aside from which, memorizing even just a few words of Japanese will be hugely appreciated by the Japanese people you meet on your trip.

Here are a few words you may need at the airport . . .

Passport - passpoto, ryoken

Air ticket - kokuken

E-ticket - e-chiketto

Luggage - nimotsu

Hand luggage - te-nimotsu

Suitcase - sutsukesu

Where is . . . ? - wa doko dess-ka?

I'd like . . . , please. - o onegai-shimass

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Google Translate . . . Japanese

THE Google Translate app’s Word Lens tool app tool allows users to point their mobile phone cameras at simple Japanese text such as menus, road-signs and labels to view an instant translation on-screen.

One major advantage is that the app does not require any connectivity - such as data or internet connection - in order to use, allowing users to utilize their phones as a portable dictionary without incurring any roaming charges or connection fees.

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National Anthems . . .

• Czech Republic:  Kde domov můj  (Where is my home?)  
• Burkina Faso: Une seule nuit (Just one night) 
• Israel: Hatikvah (The Hope) 
• Norway: Ja, vi elsker dette landet (Yes, we love this country) 
• Romania: Deşteaptă-te, române (Wake Up, Romanian) 
• Tuva: Tooruktug Dolgay Tangdym (The Forest is Full of Pine Nuts)  

Adam Jacot de Boinod worked on the first series of BBC Television’s QI for Stephen Fry, and is the author of The Meaning of Tingo and Other Extraordinary Words from around the World – Penguin Books, £10.  

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Wide World of Mottos

• Western Australia: Cygnis Insignis (Latin, "Distinguished by its swans") 

• Belize: Sub umbra floreo (Latin, "Under the shade I flourish") 

• Luxembourg: Mir wëlle bleiwe wat mir sin (Luxembourgeois, "We want to stay what we are") 

• Romania: Desteapta-te Romane (Romanian, "Wake up, Romanian") 

• Greece: Eleutheria i thanatos (Greek, Liberty or death)

Adam Jacot de Boinod worked on the first series of BBC Television’s QI for Stephen Fry, and is the author of The Meaning of Tingo and Other Extraordinary Words from around the World – Penguin Books, £10.  

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