New Translation Service in China

I just learned about a new service that is available to travelers in China. It is called China Help Line (http://www.chinahelpline.com) and it promises to make interaction with non-English speaking Chinese a lot easier. Just call the service (021-6100-9700), explain what you want to say to the operator, hand the phone to the person you are trying to communicate with and voila. You have to sign up with the service beforehand and it only costs 37 cents per minute.

Now if only my cell phone would work in Beijing we won’t have any problems getting around.