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Good to have if you are in France...

6/8/2017

 
We have been hanging out in French Martinique the last six weeks or so since we returned from the Argentum Conference in early May.  There is a language barrier, of course, especially if you travel inland away from the marinas.  So Linda introduced me to an amazing app called Google Translate.  Yes, you can type in a word or phrase and get the translation but better still...You can point your SmartPhone camera at a sign, a menu, or any text and it will translate the words while you're looking at it!  An example is the sign below.  Yes. It is a McDonalds (which I have never set foot in while here) but what does the sign actually say? 
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charles de coquet
7/1/2017 01:53:47 pm

Hi Rick and Linda,
We connected yesterday via email. I discover after writing to you that you have a great website and blog. So I though I share that story with you.
My Dad is French as I am. He is obsessed by teaching his grandson Maximilian (11) how to write and read French. Maxi already speaks French enough to have a conversation with his French grandparents. It became like my Dad's mission in life (he is 88) to teach his grandson. I keep telling him that it is not necessary anymore because there are so many apps that can do that for you. Plus he should be doing something else with his grandson for the short time he has him at home over the summer. But I am hesitant to be too forceful as it seems to be so important to him that his grandson reads and writes in French. I think he will be so disappointed to see that Google breaks his dreams.
on another note Rick will have plenty to talk to Maria about Senior Living. She has created and grown her company Assisted Living Locators of Atlanta for the past 7 years. She is ready to get out!!
Safe Travel.
Charles


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    Rick and Linda Grimes bought a sailboat and left the U S of A  for the Caribbean in 2015.

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