I know it is not very community oriented but is is personal and it is cool. When my wife and I traveled Europe two years ago we had to go to Babblefish and translate some basic sentences regarding her allergies (shellfish and peanuts) in a number of languages. I could swing Italian, but German, French, Dutch, and Flemish are out of my area of language expertise. In short, somehow the translation program mixed up the word nuten, and muten in the German translation leading to a very embarrassing dining experience in Switzerland. I am just glad the next time we travel internationally we will have these allergy translation cards!
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Wow, allergy translation cards are really useful, especially when we are in a different country.
-Keith
Posted by: new york city allergy treatment | November 15, 2009 at 05:05 AM
For me, the allergy translation cards are a bit community oriented.
Luke Hamilton
Posted by: allergy doctor | December 12, 2009 at 03:29 AM