Let's get real here! Whenever we travel to a non-English country the only thing we think of is that "can they understand English language?" well that was a problem years ago. In today's modern and internet life and having a best friend Google we can now communicate with locals whether it's a Chinese language or Japanese, Google Translator app is helpful AF to become friends with locals.
Here's my short VLOG with the mother of the host of my Airbnb and this is how we communicate with each other. This was our second time to meet in Taipei, I stayed in their house when I went to Taipei for the first time and I loved how she put so much effort to talk to me via Google Translator and so I told her I will call her Mom too! She's the sweetest!