Hope in the view finder. hahahahaha.
But if you know English, you can fake German even with Google Translate issues. I once spent a semester in Budapest (and my Hungarian was never good) and when we went to Vienna for a weekend, seeing written German words was almost like being home in comparison. In a pinch, I'd take French or Spanish, even Italian and work it out with a dictionary. Frankly, I'm more likely to buy German manga than Japanese manga. I can't help it--I like to understand the words.
er, not really. I grew up in America so I've heard a lot of Spanish and I can follow Spanglish conversations. I took a few years of German in University. I can usually deal with simple written Spanish, French and Italian if I have a dictionary because it is similar to English (at least when compared to Hungarian). This isn't really like speaking a language. It's more like knowing common words and phrases and being able to deal with simple text (especially if I have a dictionary). Speaking is another matter.
I can ask where the toilet is in a number of European languages, but I'd have to pee my pants in Asia or Africa. I could get food in Korea, the Philipines and maybe Japan. I've been in enough American hospitals to follow some Tagalish, but even then I focus on food. I'm not really that good at languages.
Just thought about that.
Finder no Rakuin being published in English?