Before a viewing
Ask for the address, meeting time and instructions for entering the building. Clarify the rental period, payment amount and included costs separately. Write dates and amounts as numbers and ask for confirmation in the reply.
When something needs repairing
Describe what is broken, which room it is in and when the problem started. Send a clear photo if it helps explain the issue. Agree on a visit time and ask for written confirmation of the planned work.
Your first conversation across languages
You have AiThao, and so does the person you want to talk to, but you do not share a language. Here is how a first conversation goes, from adding each other to a translated call.
During the call
Tell the other person you will be using translation and make sure they agree. Take turns, do not interrupt, and pause after each complete thought. Short sentences are easier to recognise and to check.
If a translation sounds odd, say it more simply. Noise and fast speech make recognition worse; moving somewhere quiet often helps more than repeating the same long sentence.
Translation and privacy
A translated call sends live speech to the translation service, so it is not end-to-end encrypted. Translation starts only when both people agree, and video is never sent for translation.