Vasco Translator V4 Review: My Life Raft While Living Abroad - Condé Nast Traveler - Translation

The other thing I really like about my Vasco that isn’t necessarily an intentional function of the device is that it allows me to practice my pronunciation in Turkish. Sometimes I’ll read simple sentences or difficult words into the device and see if it transcribes the words onto the screen properly before translating them into English. If it does, I know I’m pronouncing the word or sentence properly. If it doesn’t, I know I need to keep working on how to pronounce that word. This has proved much more useful than my 220-day language learning app streak and is helping me get over my fear of making a mistake when speaking Turkish without having to make the mistakes in front of anyone other than my Vasco.

I haven’t taken my Vasco beyond Turkey just yet, but I’m confident it’ll work just as well for me while traveling: It supports 108 languages in 200 countries. The device is also equipped with lifetime LTE internet which means instant access to translations without having to fumble with a Wi-Fi code or eSIM. I also really appreciate the built-in camera that works to translate things like menus or instructions fairly efficiently. Think of it as an alternative to Google Translate—but more accurate and much easier to use while on the go.

What are the cons?

The conversations between my boyfriend's mom, Mahiye, and I are still light and playful; we mostly gently tease my boyfriend or catch up on how my family is doing back in Canada, but it gives us the freedom to communicate on a more natural level (even though she still tends to start every sentence with Hey Kait…and a brief pause as though the translation device is my personal Alexa). Although I find it adorable, the device finds this confusing and can sometimes stop recording her before she finishes her sentence, but that’s about the only hitch we tend to have.

I probably won’t use my Vasco during interactions with strangers. While it would be helpful for ordering coffee or buying groceries, I think it would feel a bit awkward and unnatural to whip out a device in those settings, as if I’m about to conduct an interview with a barista or a grocery store cashier. It has proven useful for more personal and repeated interactions, though, like effectively communicating my goals with my personal trainer while working out.

Final verdict

The Vasco V4 translator is definitely on the pricey side, but I think it’s worth it for travelers who tend to visit countries where they don't know the language or where English isn’t widely spoken as a second language. It’s comparable to free alternatives like Google Translate, but reigns supreme thanks to the precision of translation and the unlimited lifetime data—gone are the days of me hastily trying to activate an eSIM at the airport or connecting to Wi-Fi before getting into a cab. It’s a great investment for anyone moving to a new country and learning a new language in tandem or who wants to be able to practice their pronunciation on demand.

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Watch: Mohammed Siraj Credits Jasprit Bumrah For Success, Latter's Translation Wins Hearts - NDTV Sports - Translation

During the post-match presentation of the second India vs South Africa Test at Newlands in Cape Town, Jasprit Bumrah showed his humility. The ace pacer was working as a translator for Mohammed Siraj when the latter credit Bumrah for helping him during bowling. While translating it to English, Bumrah rather credited the experience of the duo and the team management. The humble act from Bumrah didn't go unnoticed as the fans widely shared the video of the interaction on social media.

"Jassi bhai hamesha jab start karte hain toh message milta hai ki kya wicket pe kon si line or length better hai. Toh wo message milne se mujhe zyada sochne ki zarurat nahi rehti hai, bas consistent wo chiz pe work karenge to success milega. Bas yahi. Wo saamne end pe rahe toh bohot hi acha lagta hai (When Bumrah starts bowling, he gives me an idea of what kind of wicket it is and which length is better on it. I don't have to think much and just have to follow it consistently to get success. When he is there at the other end, it feels good)," said Siraj.

Bumrah was kind enough to make the statement look more team centric. His translation of the statement had no mention about Siraj crediting him for his success.

"So yeah because when we play along together, he gets the message a little earlier because when I," stopped Bumrah before continuting "because of our experience, we try to analyze the wicket a little quicker so that communication goes in the bowling circuit that you know this is the wicket and this is what we are looking to do. So that helps him sometimes," said India's pace spearhead Bumrah.

Here is the video https://t.co/MJlqJNiV6Q

— Vishal Misra (@vishalmisra) January 4, 2024

While Bumrah had joined Siraj for the post-match chat as a translator, he once had to even remind him of his presence as the latter tried to answer all questions in English.

Bumrah joined as a translator, but then Siraj answered in English lol pic.twitter.com/y097PBozb7

— Mazakiya ShortLeg (@MShortleg) January 4, 2024

The Indian cricket team on Thursday capped off the tour to South Africa with a seven-wicket win in the second Test match and sqaured the series 1-1.

It was a match that belonged to Indian pacers Mohammed Siraj and Jasprit Bumrah, who picked 15 wickets among themselves. In the first innings, Siraj picked 6 for 15 while Bumrah scalped two wickets. In the following innings of South Africa, Bumrah returned figures of 6 for 61 while Siraj also picked one wicket.

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Lost in translation: New-age dictionary for expats abroad | Daily Sabah - Daily Sabah - Dictionary

Do you ever find yourself confused by what some young'uns say these days? If you're Generation X or, better yet, a boomer, you may just be confused by some of the new-age jargon that has become regular household words in the English language. From FOMO and YOLO to JOMO, gaslighting, lovebombing and ghosting, there are several new terms we best get our heads around if we want to know just what the Generation Ys and Millenials are talking about.

Top terms to know

Woke: "Woke" originally referred to being socially and politically aware, especially regarding issues of injustice and inequality. However, it's evolved and sometimes carries a connotation of performative activism or virtue signaling. It's about being awake to societal issues and actively advocating for positive change. It is an elevated version of being "politically correct," a phrase which these days has become outdated.

Hangry: We all have that friend or are one ourselves who gets agitated, light-headed and insistent on eating as soon as possible when hungry. Well, that would be because they are "hangry," which is that state of being when you're so hungry that your lack of food causes you to become angry or irritable. Medically, this could be a sign of low blood sugar and Hypoglycemia, which one might want to get checked out. Still, colloquially, it has become the new way of saying one is starving and snappy because of it.

Snaccident: Incidentally, another new phrase describes somewhat of an opposite situation, as the term "snaccident" refers to accidentally eating a whole snack or meal without realizing it. We've all been there, but we may not all be aware that there is now a word for inhaling something when hungry or hangry.

Nomophobia: How we survive without our cell phones is a question many of us who were privileged to have been alive before cellular phones were even a thing. This means we read maps, memorize telephone numbers and use pay phones, some of which are not nearly nonexistent. Therefore, it should come as no surprise that there is a new phobia based on the fear of being without your mobile phone and it's called "nomophobia."

Lovebombing: While it might sound like a thrill, "lovebombing" is a manipulative tactic used in relationships, where one person overwhelms the other with excessive affection, compliments and expressions of love to gain control or influence. It often involves intense and rapid displays of affection, gifts and attention, creating a sense of emotional dependency. The term is often associated with narcissistic or manipulative behavior, as lovebombing can be a precursor to more controlling and harmful actions.

Gaslighting: Gaslighting is a form of psychological manipulation where a person seeks to sow seeds of doubt in a targeted individual, making them question their own memory, perception or sanity. It often involves the perpetrator denying or trivializing the other person's experiences or feelings, leading them to doubt their reality. By saying things such as "you're imagining things" or "I never said that," gaslighters try to undermine someone's confidence in their own thoughts and experiences, which can be a subtle and insidious form of emotional abuse.

Ghosting: The term "ghosting" used in dating and romance refers to the sudden and unexplained cessation of communication by one person, leaving the other without any closure or explanation. Essentially, it's like the person disappears as if they were a ghost, cutting off all contact forms without warning or explanation. Ghosting can be emotionally challenging for the person who experiences it, as they are left wondering what went wrong and why the other person chose to end communication abruptly.

JOMO: The "Joy of Missing Out," aka JOMO, is the latest acronym to live by and follows its predecessors, FOMO and YOLO, as mantras to live by. What used to be the popular saying "Fear of Missing Out," and in short FOMO, is no longer a desired state, but JOMO, the "Joy of Missing Out," is now. JOMO describes the pleasure of staying in and disconnecting from social events. After all, YOLO, aka "You Only Live Once," so it is important to do exactly what we want to do in life and not necessarily what others prescribe.

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Translating Earth system boundaries for cities and businesses - Nature.com - Translation

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Operating within safe and just Earth system boundaries requires mobilizing key actors across scale to set targets and take actions accordingly. Robust, transparent and fair cross-scale translation methods are essential to help navigate through the multiple steps of scientific and normative judgements in translation, with clear awareness of associated assumptions, bias and uncertainties. Here, through literature review and expert elicitation, we identify commonly used sharing approaches, illustrate ten principles of translation and present a protocol involving key building blocks and control steps in translation. We pay particular attention to businesses and cities, two understudied but critical actors to bring on board.

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Fig. 1: The scope, scale and sharing approaches in cross-scale translation.

Fig. 2: A typology of cross-scale translation as revealed from combinations of sharing approaches applied at a single scale or across multiple scales.

Fig. 3: Ten principles of translation.

Fig. 4: Key building blocks in connecting ESBs to actors and the applicable ten principles of translation.

Fig. 5: Towards a protocol for cross-scale translation of ESBs.

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This work is part of the Earth Commission, which is hosted by Future Earth and is the science component of the Global Commons Alliance. The Global Commons Alliance is a sponsored project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, with support from Oak Foundation, MAVA, Porticus, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Tiina and Antti Herlin Foundation, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the Global Environment Facility and Generation Foundation. The Earth Commission is also supported by the Global Challenges Foundation and Frontiers Research Foundation. Individual researchers were supported by the Australian Government (Australian Research Council Future Fellowship FT200100381 to S.J.L.) and the Swedish Research Council Formas (grant 2020-00371 to S.J.L.). We thank S. Bringezu for his valuable inputs and V. Vijay for her comments on an earlier version of this paper. The authors take full responsibility for the contents and any remaining errors.

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1. Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Terriroty, Australia

   Xuemei Bai & Steven J. Lade

2. Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

   Syezlin Hasan & Ben Stewart-Koster

3. Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Member of the Leibniz Association, Potsdam, Germany

   Lauren Seaby Andersen & Johan Rockström

4. Centre for Absolute Sustainability, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark

   Anders Bjørn

5. Section for Quantitative Sustainability Assessment, Department of Environmental and Resource Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark

   Anders Bjørn

6. The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey, Ankara, Turkey

   Şiir Kilkiş

7. Future Earth Secretariat, Stockholm, Sweden

   Daniel Ospina, Wendy Broadgate, Steven J. Lade & Juan Rocha

8. Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA

   Jianguo Liu

9. Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden

   Sarah E. Cornell, Beatrice Crona, Steven J. Lade & Juan Rocha

10. Science Based Targets Network, New York, NY, USA

    Oscar Sabag Muñoz

11. Global Land Programme, Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA

    Ariane de Bremond

12. Centre for Environment and Development, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

    Ariane de Bremond

13. Global Economic Dynamics and the Biosphere, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden

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14. EAT, Oslo, Norway

    Fabrice DeClerck

15. Alliance of Biodiversity International and CIAT of the CGIAR, Montpellier, France

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16. IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, Delft, the Netherlands

    Joyeeta Gupta

17. Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

    Joyeeta Gupta

18. Wegener Center for Climate and Global Change, University of Graz, Graz, Austria

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19. International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria

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20. CORDIO East Africa, Mombasa, Kenya

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21. University of Exeter Business School, Exeter, UK

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22. Institute of Environmental Science and Geography, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany

    Johan Rockström

23. Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands

    Detlef van Vuuren

24. PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, The Hague, the Netherlands

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X.B., S.H., L.S.A., A.B., S.K., D. Ospina., J.L., S.E.C., O.S.M., A.d.B., B.C., F.D., J.G., H.H., N.N., D. Obura., G.W., W.B., S.J.L., J. Rockström., B.S.-K., D.v.V. and C.Z. contributed to the conceptualization and deliberation of the work. X.B. led the work and the writing process. S.H. led the literature review of sharing approaches. X.B., S.H., L.S.A., D. Ospina., A.B., S.K., J.L. and O.S.M. drafted the manuscript. S.H., X.B. and L.S.A. produced and finalized the figures. X.B., S.H., L.S.A., A.B., S.K., D. Ospina., J.L., S.E.C., O.S.M., A.d.B., B.C., F.D., J.G., H.H., N.N., D. Obura., G.W., W.B., S.J.L., J. Rocha, J. Rockström., B.S.-K., D.v.V. and C.Z. provided critical reviews, extensive comments and editing of the manuscript.

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Bai, X., Hasan, S., Andersen, L.S. et al. Translating Earth system boundaries for cities and businesses. Nat Sustain (2024). https://ift.tt/26x70N8

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• Received: 29 April 2023

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