Ever been abroad and unable to communicate properly with the locals? The state of the UK language education system is such that it's a common occurrence even if we jump over the channel to continental Europe. Few can improve upon Del Boy's wonderful Franglais - mange tout, Rodney! - so most of us rely on either an English speaker on the other end or, for the smartphone-savvy generation, a translation app.

Though ever-evolving apps like Google Translate, Microsoft Translator, Translate Now and iTranslate do a fine job of voicing translations in myriad of languages, there are instances where fumbling around with an expensive phone, especially for those not au fait with an app ecosystem, is where a standalone device can make sense. It is into this niche that the Travis Translator Touch wants to play.

A bit of history first. Set up in 2016 in Rotterdam by three entrepreneurs, Travis used the Indiegogo platform to raise £1.6m for the original device shipping in 2017 and a subsequent, improved model known as Travis Touch, priced at 199 euros. It is the latter that we're taking a look at today.