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Literally translating a menu, as Google Lens would do, isn't always helpful, though. Many dishes have names which are metaphorical (like "pasta primavera" or "d
by duskwuff 4y ago
Literally translating a menu, as Google Lens would do, isn't always helpful, though. Many dishes have names which are metaphorical (like "pasta primavera" or "drunken noodles"), or which allude to the origin of a dish (like "beef Stroganoff" or "Cuban sandwich"). Simply knowing what the words mean doesn't necessarily help you understand what you're going to be eating -- a guide like the one AlbertCory is describing can expand those words to more useful descriptions.
- Kye 4y agoRestaurants near furry conventions like to change up their menus to match the theme. I wonder how well apps handle those.
- owl57 4y agoTurned out to be particularly bad in Israel. One of the first things I learned using a phone translator app was that the restaurant is mostly offering variants of "damned hummus".
- AlbertCory 4y agoI've been there. My impression was that every piece of text was in Hebrew, Arabic, and English.
- owl57 4y agoA lot, but far from every piece of text. Hebrew-only menus are quite common and I'm still a bit scared of them.