With internet, language translation tools, and text-to-speech (TTS), you can teach yourself some simple foreign languages in easy steps.
First go to google language tools page and select your target translation language. For example, today is Chinese new year's day, and  you want to translate  "Happy Chinese  New Year " into  Chinese.  So you  type the phrase in the text area, select  "English to Chinese (Simplified)", and hit "Translate" button. Google will automatically translate it to "