I keep thinking I'm going to learn Spanish, but I'm just too lazy.  I dip into it occasionally, but there's always a day or two when I don't touch it at all. 

I'll probably just learn "tourist survival Spanish," like "where is the bathroom," and "I'd like a cup of coffee, please," and "please take your hand out of my pocket."  

Google translate has worked very well for me recently when I was overseas.  It's really nice how you can point the phone at printed text and it will translate the printed text.  I was in Barcelona, and used Google Translate for Spanish, Catalan, and Latin.  I used Google Translate to tell the Concierge at our apartment building I smelled smoke, and he used Google Translate to tell me he was burning incense.  I used Google Translate to translate the Latin on a 14th century tomb.  It's a wonderful program.

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