Translation Over The Phone; Dtac/happy Free Service; Anything Similar Available?

[jamiesensei]

Hi,

You guys are probably aware of the wonderful free DTAC service Jai Dee Plae Hai which is a free translation service. It has been very useful to me. You call *1021 on a DTAC phone and DTAC has a bunch of translaters in a call center who can translate to or from Thai - English. So the way I use it is :

• when I'm having trouble having someone understand me around town I can put my phone on speaker mode and have a translater translate for me.
  
• I can set up a conference call on my phone and have the translater take part in the call. This is easy on DTAC (if this doesn't work for you call your mobile operators call center and they can tell you how to do it) :
  • I call the translater, tell her to hang on for a sec.
    
  • I then dial the number for the call I want to make, this puts the translater on hold and opens the new call.
    
  • I wait till they answer.
    
  • I then dial 3 and press the call button and the translater and the number I called are all put in the same conference call.
    

No longer with DTAC, are there any companies I can pay for translation services over the phone??

Unfortunately though I have switched from using DTAC to AIS because I wanted to use AISs 3G service and because AISs network coverage is a lot better. I wonder if anyone knows of a translation company that could offer a similar service. I would be willing to pay for a few hundred baht an hour or more for such a service where the translaters have a number I can ring at their offices and enough translaters that I can get through to someone instantly to help. I did meet someone once who worked at a company that specialised in offering help and advice to foreigners over the phone whatever your problem they would phone the appropriate people and find the information you are looking for. I would be willing to pay for something like that especially if they could do the translation thing as well.

Jamie

[vreemd13]

..... Unfortunately though I have switched from using DTAC to AIS. ...

Simple, just have 2 telephones or 1 new Dual SIM card telephone. 1 for DTAC and 1 for AIS number.

Edited July 23, 2009 by vreemd13

[jamiesensei]

..... Unfortunately though I have switched from using DTAC to AIS. ...

Simple, just have 2 telephones or 1 new Dual SIM card telephone. 1 for DTAC and 1 for AIS number.

I'm willing to pay for a good professional translation service and it would be great if I could find a service that were experts at fielding other questions and then went off to contact the appropriate people to find out the answers for you.

[somchaiq]

Hi,

You guys are probably aware of the wonderful free DTAC service Jai Dee Plae Hai which is a free translation service. It has been very useful to me. You call *1021 on a DTAC phone and DTAC has a bunch of translaters in a call center who can translate to or from Thai - English. So the way I use it is :

• when I'm having trouble having someone understand me around town I can put my phone on speaker mode and have a translater translate for me.
  
• I can set up a conference call on my phone and have the translater take part in the call. This is easy on DTAC (if this doesn't work for you call your mobile operators call center and they can tell you how to do it) :
  • I call the translater, tell her to hang on for a sec.
    
  • I then dial the number for the call I want to make, this puts the translater on hold and opens the new call.
    
  • I wait till they answer.
    
  • I then dial 3 and press the call button and the translater and the number I called are all put in the same conference call.
    

No longer with DTAC, are there any companies I can pay for translation services over the phone??

Unfortunately though I have switched from using DTAC to AIS because I wanted to use AISs 3G service and because AISs network coverage is a lot better. I wonder if anyone knows of a translation company that could offer a similar service. I would be willing to pay for a few hundred baht an hour or more for such a service where the translaters have a number I can ring at their offices and enough translaters that I can get through to someone instantly to help. I did meet someone once who worked at a company that specialised in offering help and advice to foreigners over the phone whatever your problem they would phone the appropriate people and find the information you are looking for. I would be willing to pay for something like that especially if they could do the translation thing as well.

Jamie

Yes this Service is very good. I use it sometimes with my Australian customers.

I will not change to AIS only for the 3G Service, I can wait a few more Month until DTAC has it, since I waited so long for it that my 3G Phone is already obsolete

1. I never had a Problem with DTAC GSM Coverage

2. I am using GPRS a Lot and the best GPRS Coverage is with DTAC

3. 3G is in testing phase only and if the Government gives away the Licenses every Mobile Provider will have 3G.

(TRUE 3G is available in Sukhumvit Rd. and SIlom Rd., Chiang Mai and Phuket)

[jamiesensei]

Decided to stay with DTAC. There EDGE/GPRS service seems to work just about everywhere and seems fast enough for many things. I was also disappointed with the call quality with AIS, seemed to be worse than DTAC. And I did not want to give up the jai dee pleur hai service offered by DTAC. Didn't find an alternative.