Say what?
Have you ever needed a translator? I took Spanish back in 1969 (yes, that WAS a long time ago) and 1970 in middle school. I really enjoyed learning a foreign language. I wanted to keep taking it, but the classes were full and I couldn’t get in. There were a few times in the early ’70s that I actually used some of what I had learned in my job, but then I moved to New England where nobody spoke Spanish – it was mostly English and French.
More recently I’ve found some websites that were in a foreign language and found that I wanted an online translation to help me to understand what the websites were saying. I find it fun to be able to communicate with other people whose native tongue is not English! I think that as more people turn to using the Internet to become global citizens there will be an increasing need for free translation services. I sure wish I’d kept up on my Spanish skills! I’ve been thinking about taking a course in it but I’ve been feeling too lazy. Or maybe I just feel that I don’t have the time right now.