A menu in Japanese? Translated, and sorted for you.
One photo of the menu, and every dish shows up in your language, sorted for your profile: For you, Caution, To avoid.
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Translating is not enough: the name hides the dish.
A translator gives you words. Lanatag tells you what the dish means for you, and keeps the original name, the one the waiter reads.
- The original name rules: tourist menus sometimes translate word for word, and the meaning gets lost.
- Japan: “parent and child” (oyakodon) means chicken and egg; miso soup is made from soy.
- Thailand: a soup name can hide seafood, even when the printed translation makes no sense.
- Your profile: allergies, halal, vegetarian, pregnancy, spice. The translation comes with the answer.
Your next menu, read in your language.
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Then tell the waiter, in their language.
The dishes you pick go into a card to show the waiter, with your allergy in their language. 16 languages, fixed sentences, never generated.
At the supermarket, the label too.
A barcode, or a photo of an ingredient list in a language you cannot read: each ingredient is translated, and your allergen stands out.
What Lanatag does, exactly.
- Two names per dish. The name translated into your language, and the original name copied as is, to show the waiter.
- Three answers. For you, Caution, To avoid. Ingredients that are not written stay in Caution.
- Sixteen languages for the app and the waiter card; the menu itself can be in almost any language.
- No account. Your profile stays on your phone.
Try it at your next restaurant.
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Your questions
Does Lanatag replace a translator?
For a menu, yes: every dish is translated, then sorted for your profile. For a conversation, no: Lanatag prepares a card to show, it does not translate what you say.
What if the translation is wrong?
The original name stays next to it, and an uncertain dish carries a question mark. Lanatag can be wrong: ask the waiter when in doubt.
Which menu languages?
Menus in Japanese, Thai, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Arabic and European languages are read. The app and the waiter card come in 16 languages.
Do I need a connection?
Yes, to read the menu. The answer then stays on your phone.
How much does it cost?
Five readings are free. After that, a subscription or a pack of readings, your choice.
Sources: Allergy UK, travelling with an allergy · EU Regulation 1169/2011, Annex II.