So my in-laws are Korean and refusing to speak to me in English now. I’m still learning! I have seen the translators advertised on Youtube. I’ve looked online but there are a lot of conflicting reviews and pricing.
Looking for something fairly accurate and decent price.
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@holdenmg: = Google Translate + 10? (Q.E.D)
(I'm not Korean and haven't tried Papago, GenieTalk etc, which would be popular in Korea?).
Google translate for translating whole sentences & words, plus a Korean dictionary app to check specific words in more detail (eg identifying particular homonyms and synonyms).
source: I've been living in Asia for a couple of years, surviving entirely off Google Translate and half-remembered language lessons from a decade ago.
so basically the portable things are stupid?
Why wouldn't you use an app? Do you really want to carry a redundant device with less functionality?
The smartphone in your pocket has 100 times the computing power of one of those clamshell style portable translators and it comes with permanent internet connectivity to access Google's servers for up-to-date dictionary definitions, a large colour touchscreen to handwrite on if you don't know how to type a word, and it has cameras for scanning text and microphones for dictation.
I really don't see why those devices even have a purpose existing anymore. The modern ones are actually just Android devices with customised hardware and they cost just as much as a mid-range phone.
Try this app called SayHi
Google Translate?