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The phrases you need,
on cards you can show.

A few phrases carry most of a trip: please and thank you, where is, the check, and for some travelers the one that matters most, an allergy. Make a card for each, copied from a phrasebook, a teacher or a native speaker, with how it sounds. The builder prints them as wallet cards and flags any allergy or health card nobody fluent has checked.

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Phrase cards

The worked example is made up: three Spanish cards for a trip to Spain, two checked and a tree nut allergy card from an app that still needs a native speaker’s eye. The page does not translate anything. Saved on this device only.

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What you get

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What you finish with
A record per phrase card: language and region, situation, the English, the translation as copied, a pronunciation guide, its source, whether a native speaker checked it, how many times it was practiced aloud and the local emergency number. Prints every card as a wallet sheet; counts cards by situation and checked cards; flags unchecked allergy and health cards, unchecked app translations, cards with no pronunciation and missing emergency numbers.
Who it is for
Students and families preparing for a trip, school exchange or study abroad, and language classes making real-world cards.
Format
Browser builder with a saved record per card. Prints wallet cards, one card, all of them in a table or a blank sheet; downloads a spreadsheet (.csv); exports and imports a file.
Access
$5 one-time, yours on every device you sign in on; the tool opens once you are signed in with it. Included with the Caveat Academy pass and Whole-school licenses. Also in the Passion projects kit ($39) and the Enrichment Suite pass ($119), and 1 more bundle. Everything you type stays in this browser; nothing is sent to Caveat.
Where it lives
The Passion Projects space in Caveat Enrichment.
Support
Questions about access, an order or a correction: team@caveatacademic.com.

How to use it

  1. Pick the five or six situations you will meet most.
  2. Copy each phrase from a phrasebook, teacher or speaker.
  3. Write how it sounds in your own spelling.
  4. Have allergy and health cards checked by someone fluent.
  5. Print the wallet cards and practice the first three aloud.

Add a phrase card

Which cards

Cards worth having on any tripSituationExample in EnglishWhyPolitenessHello, please, thank you, sorryOpens every other exchangeDirectionsWhere is the train station?Point at the answer on a mapFoodI am allergic to tree nutsShow it to the serverHealthI need a doctorWith the local emergency numberMoneyThe check, pleaseDaily and easy to practiceCards worth having on any tripPolitenessExample in English: Hello, please, thank you, sorryWhy: Opens every other exchangeDirectionsExample in English: Where is the train station?Why: Point at the answer on a mapFoodExample in English: I am allergic to tree nutsWhy: Show it to the serverHealthExample in English: I need a doctorWhy: With the local emergency numberMoneyExample in English: The check, pleaseWhy: Daily and easy to practice
The page does not translate. Copy each phrase from a phrasebook, a teacher or a native speaker, and have anything about health or allergies checked.

Show, do not only say

In a noisy station or a busy restaurant, a printed card in the local language is clearer than any accent. Keep the allergy card where you can hand it over, and say please first.

Region matters

Countries that share a language still differ: the word for peanut is cacahuete in Spain and maní in much of Latin America. Note the region on each card and check food words where you are going.

Sources

  1. U.S. Department of State. Traveler’s checklist and country information, including local emergency numbers (travel.state.gov).
  2. European Commission. 112, the single European emergency number (digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu).
  3. Food Allergy Research and Education (FARE). Traveling with food allergies and chef cards (foodallergy.org).
  4. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española (dle.rae.es), for the Spanish in the worked example.

The worked example is made up. Translations come from you and your sources; this page does not translate. Nothing you type is sent to Caveat. Support: team@caveatacademic.com.