Dorling Kindersley do a compact phrasebook for 14 languages, including pronunciation, which in my experience is the biggest problem to communication (remembering how the guy at the bar fell off his stool laughing at TenereDoug asking for a table in Portuguese)

ISBN - 0-7513-2144-3

Cost about �6, and can easily fit in your pocket, a little bigger round the edges and twice the thickness of an iPhone

Mine has seen service all over the place and it's quite useful as both parties can see the text.

If you start any conversation with 'hello' (in native tounge) this usually leads to the rest of the chat being in english!

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