19-year-old daughter is tired of being her non-English speaking parent's sole translator, refuses to keep carrying the load alone after her older brother returns from living abroad and is excused from helping: 'My parents act like he's the golden child'

Learning any language can be difficult, and then throw a little Duolingo in the mix to make it even more interesting…The number of times I've had to translate 'I am a dove' is actually concerning. When would I ever be in a situation where I needed to introduce myself as some white form of the pigeon species?

Living in a country that has a different home language will bring some challenges, I speak from experience. You thought you were ordering a couch online, but a plumber arrived at the door to fix your shower. You tried to make a visa appointment at the embassy for Thursday, but in fact you booked it for August 2027…and you think you sound like a hot local when ordering that delicious new martini on the menu…but you've just asked the waiter if he lives with extra olives…

Now… I may or may not admit that these experiences hit very close to home, and at the time, I (not me) wish I had a little human translator to help me out. I would have avoided a lot of unnecessary embarrassment and a lot of plungers…

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However, some people are fortunate to have bilingual friends, children, spouses, and even pets.
But that does not mean that everyone wants to have to translate the ABCs for you constantly! Especially this sister, she is over being the human translator for her parents after they decided to move abroad when she was a child. Her brother moved to another country, so she was the only morsel of English hope for her parents, meaning she was always responsible for everything they couldn't understand, which was everything! So when her English-speaking brother moves back home and refuses to help… she removes her translating abilities and throws them out the window.
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