- Time of past OR future Camino
- Kumano Kodo 4/25; Pamplona - Burgos in 10/2025
Because I had heard such marvelous things about it (all warranted), I booked the rooftop Cathedral Tour on Monday, despite knowing that it would be all in Spanish. (My Spanish is good enough to order food and ask for directions, but not good enough to glean relevant information during a tour.) But ... for the first time I used Google Translate's audio capabilities and it worked perfectly! I asked the tour guide if she minded if I stood next to her with my phone while she talked* and she was ok with it, so I had Google Translate transcribe everything she said so I could read it as she spoke. The translation was remarkably good with virtually no lag time or mistranslations (at least none that I couldn't figure out on my own). It was really a game changer, and something I'm going to start using more and more. The only caveat is to make sure that you have a fully topped-off phone battery, because it will use a ton of battery power from your phone.
*Because of the way headphones produce sound, you can't use the audio translate feature with the headsets, you need to be next to the person speaking.
*Because of the way headphones produce sound, you can't use the audio translate feature with the headsets, you need to be next to the person speaking.
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