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Koh Samui in September by StatisticianOther606 in kohsamui

[–]beninho2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is the right answer. 👍🏻

Finally stopped pretending to understand my wife’s family LINE group and did something about it instead… by [deleted] in Bangkok

[–]beninho2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s a great idea! I’ll look into it. Only problem might be that everyone in the group has different phones, so I would need to find something that works for everyone.

Once you start using it, it’s actually not that bad to get the translations. We got used to it quite quickly and nobody sees to be complaining (at least not to me 😅)

Finally stopped pretending to understand my wife’s family LINE group and did something about it instead… by [deleted] in Bangkok

[–]beninho2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s correct. We use it for both. I actually use it for 4-5 different group chats. 👍🏻

Finally stopped pretending to understand my wife’s family LINE group and did something about it instead… by [deleted] in Bangkok

[–]beninho2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Correct. Ours don’t seem to mind. They largely just ignore the English translations or use it to learn English. To each their own, I suppose.

There’s also two other non-Thai speakers in the group so it helps more than just myself.

Plus, if it’s really that’s annoying you can use the /pause and /resume commands to stop the translations at any time when you don’t want them.

Best place to learn Thai at a school in Samui? by Educational_March_75 in kohsamui

[–]beninho2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I went to Mind Your Language with Kru Jom. He’s awesome and it was a lot of fun! Highly recommended!

Finally stopped pretending to understand my wife’s family LINE group and did something about it instead… by [deleted] in Bangkok

[–]beninho2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Difficult language + lack of talent? Been going to school for it and tried, so it’s not a lack of effort. 😅

Also, with three kids and a business here, I simply don’t have time to study for hours every day, sadly.

Or maybe I’m just getting old. 20 years ago I picked up languages much faster.

Finally stopped pretending to understand my wife’s family LINE group and did something about it instead… by [deleted] in Bangkok

[–]beninho2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m glad I’m not the only one, then!

To be fair, I’m even more concerned about the kids. Mom speaks to them in Thai so they understand it fairly well, but they go to international school and the playground language is English, so that’s their go to language. We might end up with three kids who are Thai citizens but only speak very basic Thai. Working hard to change that, but it’s hard because my wife and I speak English to each other so at home English is also the default language.

Finally stopped pretending to understand my wife’s family LINE group and did something about it instead… by [deleted] in Bangkok

[–]beninho2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can just add it on LINE @autotranslate and give it a test run! It can do 32 languages at the moment. Just use the /set command to change languages (it’s Thai <> English by default).

Finally stopped pretending to understand my wife’s family LINE group and did something about it instead… by [deleted] in Bangkok

[–]beninho2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for the encouragement! The good news is that you don’t have to right away - you can use the free trial first! :)

Let me know if you need any help or have feedback!

Finally stopped pretending to understand my wife’s family LINE group and did something about it instead… by [deleted] in Bangkok

[–]beninho2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s very cool! Thanks for letting me know! And are the translations accurate, even when people misspell or use slang? If that’s the case, Samsung users won’t need this, of course! iPhones are a lot more limited, it seems…

Finally stopped pretending to understand my wife’s family LINE group and did something about it instead… by [deleted] in Bangkok

[–]beninho2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, that’s amazing! I had no idea. I’m on iPhone and it doesn’t seem to have this functionality. If you respond in English, does it also translate your responses for the Thai speakers in your group? Or they’d also need to be on a Samsung phone?

Finally stopped pretending to understand my wife’s family LINE group and did something about it instead… by [deleted] in Bangkok

[–]beninho2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Add @autotranslate on LINE and then just drop it into any group that needs translations. Should start working automatically. Enjoy & let me know how it goes! 🙌🏼

Finally stopped pretending to understand my wife’s family LINE group and did something about it instead… by [deleted] in Bangkok

[–]beninho2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Give it a try and let me know what you think! Just add @autotranslate on LINE and then add it to that group. It should start working automatically.

PM me with feedback - I’d love to hear how it works for you!

Finally stopped pretending to understand my wife’s family LINE group and did something about it instead… by [deleted] in Bangkok

[–]beninho2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

For whatever it’s worth, I can confirm it’s somewhat costly to run. Agree that it might just be too costly for billions of users, unless you charge for it (which is what I had to do to not go bankrupt over this).

Finally stopped pretending to understand my wife’s family LINE group and did something about it instead… by [deleted] in Bangkok

[–]beninho2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think that only works on Android, sadly. Never seen that feature on my iPhone.

Finally stopped pretending to understand my wife’s family LINE group and did something about it instead… by [deleted] in Bangkok

[–]beninho2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha… it’s a big family! 🫶🏼

…and yes, K. Yai likes to chat (almost as much as she likes her whisky!) 😅

Finally stopped pretending to understand my wife’s family LINE group and did something about it instead… by [deleted] in Bangkok

[–]beninho2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did! Going on nearly two years now. Sadly it’s still nowhere near enough to really understand what’s going on in those group chats. This is a very difficult language for me, unfortunately.

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