Business travel in English — Useful tools

Do you have to take a business trip to an English-speaking country and do you think that your level of English will not allow you to carry on with ease?

Don't worry. In this post we leave you with a collection of tools and tricks that can help you during your trip.

Google Translate

This is the best known app, because it is from Google and is free. Capable of detecting and Automatically translate more than 100 languages Both Ways by Text, Voice, images And Character recognition, covering more languages than any other.

They have recently introduced the ability to continuously translate what someone who speaks in another language says in almost real time.

Very useful, since it allows you to work offline. And this is important because of the high positions we can receive if we consume data with the company in our country of origin. Which usually have a high cost.

It also allows us to take a picture of anything with text, and it will detect it for us to translate it. Very useful for understanding what street signs indicate when we move from one side to the other, brochures, or paper documentation.

Download: Android | IOS

iTranslate Voice

This app is very useful for simultaneous oral translations. With a very practical function called AirTranslate, which connects several devices and allows the exchange of translations between them. In addition, with the “iVoice” function for voice to voice translations, you can speak into the microphone and, after that, receive the Corresponding translation in real time in the selected language.

With more than 240 predefined phrases, iTranslate Voice becomes your perfect travel companion.

It's free but has paid features.

Download: IOS

Apps for learning business English

Perhaps you prefer not to need translators, and you prefer to learn well how to speak English for business. Therefore, we recommend these 3 apps.

1. Mosalingua. You have 18 main categories (sending emails, organizing meetings...). Audio pronunciation made by native speakers and 2,000 learning cards with key words and phrases to defend yourself in the workplace. It has 10 difficulty levels and as you overcome them, the APP gives you a bonus. Because of its innovative system, you study 20% and learn 80%.
2. Business English Words. The ideal application to acquire all the vocabulary and some International Commercial Terms. Progress in streamlining expressions and technicalities in the business world.
3. Learn Business English. You choose the number of questions you want to answer, always from the corporate environment. And you will have to choose from several options the correct answer in the tests.

Google Maps

When it comes to making ourselves understood, we can rely on Google Maps to know about the areas to visit and not fall into explanations that we don't understand. The ideal is to pre-select before traveling, marking points of interest to save time and add security.

Download: iOS, Android

GateGuru

A very common theme is getting lost when you arrive at the airport and then having to make combinations. An extra help is to install GateGuru . The application finds everything you need: boarding gates (and updates changes in real time), waiting rooms, lounges, food areas, transportation between terminals and additional services.

If we are at an international airport and our English is not too good to know all this, with this app we can save ourselves questions and misunderstandings.

Download: iOS, Android

Vyootrip — Localsfy

Our management platform for Business Trips, Vyootrip, will allow you and your company to have all the management of reservations, documentation and expenses related to your trip in a clear and centralized way. Providing you with a 24-hour support service that will allow you to resolve various incidents abroad, and that will help you focus on what is important.

Our information and assistance service for travelers, Localsfy, will provide you with information about everything that happens in the destination country/city that may affect your trip. Restrictions, measures, requirements, incidents, etc. Completely free of charge.

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