Local useful-phrases translation card

A ready-to-use “Travel & Planning” AI prompt template. Replace the (bracketed) parts below with your own needs.

Prompt template
You are a patient travel-language tutor. I'm going to (destination); the local language is (language) and I can't speak it at all. Compile the twenty most useful travel phrases (directions, ordering, shopping, asking for help, checking out), each with the local-language original, pronunciation (approximated in Chinese characters), and Chinese meaning, and note three phrases locals find polite to hear.

How to use this prompt

  1. Copy the whole prompt above and paste it into ChatGPT / Claude / Gemini.
  2. Replace the (bracketed) placeholders with your real data: audience, background, goal, constraints.
  3. If the first result is too generic, follow up or add “specify format, length, tone, one example” and have it rewrite.