The App That Saved Our Trip to Italy

in partnership with Rosetta Stone // photos by kristen kilpatrick and jenn rose smith We stood staring at the upstairs toilet in our villa near Florence. The lid, which was thankfully closed, had one yellow post-it note stuck to it. The word “FAILURE” was scrawled in all caps on the note. Carmen immediately burst into her signature laugh, and none of us could contain ourselves when the housekeeper (bless her heart) showed us her phone, where she was using a free translation app that had come up with the word. With a little guesswork, we were able to decode the real meaning of her post-it (and avoid that bathroom for the rest of the trip). “La toilette non funziona?” asked Chanel. The housekeeper, excited to make contact in her native language, confirmed the question. We’ve all experimented with free language apps in the past, and (just like our housekeeper) been frustrated with ...see the slideshow here

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