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  • When Grandparents and Grandkids Don't Speak the Same Language

    Translated voice messages, photos and subtitled video calls: how English-speaking kids and Polish-speaking grandparents can stay close.

  • Doctors and Schools Abroad: Face to Face Mode, Subtitles and Limits

    At the doctor’s, a parent-teacher meeting or a government office: when to use Face to face mode or translated subtitles, and why Piou can’t call a clinic.

  • Expat life in Thailand: how to get understood every day

    Landlord, condo office, repairs, markets, clinics, school: how to talk with Thai people in your own language, and when to bring in a human translator.

  • Living in Vietnam without Vietnamese: a practical everyday guide

    Landlord, delivery riders, school, work: how to communicate in Vietnam in your own language, and why Vietnamese pronouns trip up machine translation.

  • Face to face mode at the market, the garage and the pharmacy

    One phone between you, short sentences, prices confirmed in writing: how to use Piou's Face to face mode in Thailand, even with no signal.

  • Gifting Piou Premium: why it matters and how it works

    Translation is personal, so the people you love need Premium to read you in their language. Gift it by contact, email or link, and cancel anytime.

  • Hosting a Ukrainian Family: Everyday Communication That Works

    First days, paperwork, school, health and shared life: how hosts and a Ukrainian family can talk, each in their own language, Ukrainian or Russian.

  • International Roommates: One Group Chat, Everyone in Their Language

    Chores, groceries, bills and the landlord: how to run a shared apartment in four languages with a Piou group, translated polls and clear rules.

  • International Students: Your First Weeks, From Housing to Family

    Housing, roommates, class chats, campus offices, a part-time job and family back home: how to be understood from day one, and where translation stops.

  • International wedding: bringing two families together across languages

    One group for both families, translated polls for dates and menus, subtitled video calls, Face to face mode on the day, human-translated speeches.

  • Two languages, one couple: everyday life for English-Korean partners

    Daily logistics, arguments, pet names and paperwork: how an English-Korean couple can talk across two languages, and what translation won't smooth over.

  • Managing a Multilingual Crew: Clear Instructions, Safety, Respect

    Construction, kitchens, warehouses, cleaning: team chats where everyone reads in their own language, short instructions, and safety checked by a person.

  • Your nanny speaks another language: how to communicate every day

    Meals, naps, outings, allergies: how to work with a Thai-speaking nanny when each of you writes in your own language, and where machine translation stops.

  • Offline translation: what works without a signal, and what doesn't

    No signal? Piou still translates messages already on your phone, and Face to face works if languages are downloaded. Sending and calls need a connection.

  • Privacy and On-Device Translation: What It Protects, What It Doesn’t

    Translations never leave your phone. Your messages are stored on our servers in Paris, without end-to-end encryption. Here’s exactly what that means.

  • How to talk to your Vietnamese in-laws when you don't speak Vietnamese

    First messages, the family group chat, Tết greetings and subtitled video calls: a practical guide to Vietnamese in-laws, and what translation can't fix.

  • Traveling without speaking the language: what actually works

    Restaurants, pharmacies, taxis, rentals: what offline Face to face mode can do abroad, where it falls short, and how to set up your phone before you go.