Ever wondered if your chat up lines would sound better in Japanese? Now you don't have to! Our new ‘Speak the World’ feature on our (hostel-booking) travel app means you can get to know people in their native language, enabling you to truly meet the world. Simply select the desired language (43 options at the moment!), speak into your device and the app, using Google Translate technology, will instantly translate it and ‘speak’ the words. The app will then listen for a response and automatically translate that information back. Ta dah!
We challenged comedian Phil Wang – a regular on ‘Live at the Apollo’, ‘Have I Got News for You’, and ‘8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown’ – to see if his translated quips could tickle the locals in Indonesia, and find out whether their favourite funnies could make even a professional comedian chuckle.
Why not test it out? Download the Hostelworld app and share your best ‘Speak the World’ moments with us on our Facebook page (insert link) or Instagram by tagging @hostelworld – we’ll make sure the best are published on our pages!
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