Google Translate Vs. Papago: In Asia's Battle Of Translation Apps, Everyone's A Loser

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. The author is a Forbes contributor. The opinions expressed are those of the writer. A woman uses a translation app on her smartphone in Paris on Nov. 4, 2014. If you have ever traveled through a foreign country armed with little more than Google Translate to communicate, you know how awkward it can be to use the app to ask a friendly local for directions to the zoo only to unwittingly end up insulting his sister.