i'm traveling to italy to visit relatives who do not know english. i do not have an easy grasp on learning languages. will this work?
1975861
I too am not one to learn languages easily. At the age of 56. I was reluctant to try. However, this program made it fun and as easy as possible for me. I look forward to spending time with this. IT IS worth the money. Best Wishes for your visit to Italy. As a side note, my husband lost his camera while visiting Italy. We had taken a picture of our name and address as the first picture on the memory chip. A wonderful Italian man found it and mailed it to us. The camera came home before my husband! Enjoy your trip!
1975862
If you are able to commit to some practice time every day with this program over the course of several months, you'll do fine. The only complaint I really have is that there are key survival conversations/words (like numbers or directions) that you don't get into until way later in the lessons. Therefore, I would recommend at least studying a vocabulary list on the side (of a few dozen important words, numbers, foods, etc...) along with doing the Rosetta Stone system. This will ensure you have key concepts in place if you don't get far enough in the system before your trip. Good luck!
1975863
A couple of thoughts on this question. 1st. Do you have the time it takes to sit and learn? This is probably the best method I have ever encountered, but I lived in Italy for 5 years and had a working grasp of words and phrases before I bought the lesson. The short answer is yes it will help, but after using this a full emersion will be benificial as well. Find someone at a local university who will sit down and have a conversation with you in the chosen language..after you have taken the classes. The subtle nuances and accents are more than helpful. The Italians also use a lot of slang words that this will not have, but can be learned from someone familiar. A couple of thoughts on this question. 1st. Do you have the time it takes to sit and learn? This is probably the best method I have ever encountered, but I lived in Italy for 5 years and had a working grasp of words and phrases before I bought the lesson. The short answer is yes it will help, but after using this a full emersion will be benificial as well. Find someone at a local university who will sit down and have a conversation with you in the chosen language..after you have taken the classes. The subtle nuances and accents are more than helpful. The Italians also use a lot of slang... » Read More A couple of thoughts on this question. 1st. Do you have the time it takes to sit and learn? This is probably the best method I have ever encountered, but I lived in Italy for 5 years and had a working grasp of words and phrases before I bought the lesson. The short answer is yes it will help, but after using this a full emersion will be benificial as well. Find someone at a local university who will sit down and have a conversation with you in the chosen language..after you have taken the classes. The subtle nuances and accents are more than helpful. The Italians also use a lot of slang words that this will not have, but can be learned from someone familiar. « Show Less
655279
No. But you will be surprised on how you can figure it out. And you tube has videos in English. The kids had a blast. :)
629654
I used it in Italy and had no problems! My only additional suggestion would be to get a power strip then you can use this to plug the power strip in and the power strip will provide you ample outlets for your multiple devices instead of buying a bunch of adapters.
1822716
Im not sure.... I would think it would but I didn't check with the different language because I just go wtih English
1529052
I don't think so.go to the language settings... "Automatic, English, Español, Português, Français, Nederlands"......
708740
I don't know for sure, but I doubt it. I've never typed In a different language. But unless the product details say so I wouldn't risk it
2056640
Yes and no. It will work with *some* outlets in Italy. Most hotels will have two types: the standard 3-pins in a vertical row Italian outlet, and the 2-pins in a recessed circle outlet that is a EU standard. This will only plug into the EU-style outlets. The hotels I stayed in only had 1 EU-style outlet, and I had to search the room for it! (one was by the thermostat, and the other was under the desk (vs. the 3-pin outlets at desk-height). Hope that helps! =)
1220655
I found this article helpful when addressing that question for myself:http://goitaly.about.com/od/travelpackingtips/l/bl_electricity_italy.htm
1989012
It does answer the basics but its hard to make out because the sound is blurry..for the uded price its ok..if you push the sound of a native language to a native speaker they would probaly understand it so it could become useful..but if you're trying to speak immitate it it would be difficult..I returned it once to franklin..with the amazon recite because it would not charge. But if your in a native country you would have to let the native speaker hear it...or you can write it.it does have the english translation. And native writen translation..its ok for the price..but id grather download free apps on my phone..has better sound qualaty...like babbel etc..
118081
I'm sorry I'm not going to be of help to you. I purchased the the Rosetta Stone French for my nephew that was moving to France, we had to return it because we were not able to install it.
696402
I used mine in Italy for 4 months and it worked perfectly. You will still need an adapter because it has a US plug but I didn't use a transformer or converter or anything
474880
I would absolutely say yes! I even purchased the Spanish Instant Immersion because I wanted to have it at my work place and be on the go and make sure that I was learning fast.
933360
No, but if you find a useful phrase ( and there are many) it will speak the translated phrase for you. Google translate lets you type or speak and then translates with text and/or speech.
424995
It should work in Italy. When you get to Italy, you need to buy a "sim" card from a provider. These are widely available. This will give you an Italian phone number. I don't know what each provider charges per minute. You will then be able to contact Italian phone numbers at a reasonable price as well as an emergency number for family in the States to reach you.
339365
Sorry I don't know, mine is on English and that is the only language I know, so it worked out well for me. Good luck.
1667777
Yes, it does work in Italy. Just remember to plug it in first before plugging your electronics into it.
1913957
I think it could work, but it would depend highly on the mental age of the child; if you're coming from a non-pictograph language, the first problem you will have is that you hear a lot of sounds but no distinct words and following along with the printed text doesn't help because you can't read it. I found I was really struggling with Rosetta Stone until I took a few days to learn both Hiragana and Katakana phonetic writing systems (46 characters each, but the sounds are the same). Once I did that, the whole thing made complete sense because I could match up what I was hearing with what I was seeing. Japanese as a whole is not an overly complex language; it doesn't have a lot of exceptions to the rule, but there are some significant differences with a language such as English. Before you spend this kind of money on something a child may or may not stick with, I would strongly suggest using the web to see how they take to learning Hiragana and Katakana. There are some excellent apps out there for iOS (Dr Moku's Hiragana and Katakana apps, for example).