How often do you host someone that doesn't speak your language?

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Hi Everyone,

Have you had many problems hosting people when you and they do not speak the same language? Which problems did you experience?

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Until November last year, almost all our guests were from overseas. I can very roughly get by in French. I can get by even more roughly (quite appallingly) in Spanish and Italian. I know about ten words in German :stuck_out_tongue:

But I have a great translation app on my phone - and it works brilliantly.

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I speak smatterings of several languages, and so does my partner (French, German, Russian, Spanish, Catalan, Japanese, Chinese, Vietnamese); we’ve not had a problem. A translator app would be our solution too.

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With Spanish, English, Dutch, French, German and Portuguese spoken (different levels!) in our home, we haven’t experienced any difficulties so far. I would also guess that most people traveling here would have some basic knowledge of English and/or Spanish.

The day we won’t have any words in common with guests, there will be loads of smiles, giggles and google translate I suppose. Not fearful of that day, it will be a lovely experience :relaxed:.

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