Prior to traveling, acquaint yourself with your French English dictionary to save time. There should be a section of common phrases. Also study the pronunciation key and practice the basic sounds. Oftentimes, minimal French and hand gestures will suffice.
One would use a French-English dictionary to translate words from French to English. Some online French-English dictionaries include Word Reference and the dictionary hosted at French Linguistics.
This one online works great: http://www.wordreference.com/
Translation: Va dormir. One tip is to look in an english/french dictionary.
There are many different translation books one could use to translate French into English. One such book could be a French English Dictionary. This would give a word in French with the English translation and vice versa.
A French-English, English-French dictionary will offer traduction anglais et francais, or translation from English to French. One of the better known books of this kind is Larousse's.
You could go to a bookstore and purchase a French to English dictionary. You could also try searching online for a website that would do the work for you.
One can find a free French to English dictionary on various websites like Translation and FreeTranslation. Both websites offer a great amount of dictionaries for all kinds of languages, including French to English.
Here's one for 5.99 http://www.amazon.com/Merriam-Websters-French-English-Dictionary-Inc-Merriam-Webster/dp/0877799172/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1269496531&sr=8-1-spell But you can simply google French - English dictionary and you will find tons of free ones... like this one: http://www.wordreference.com/
To translate French to English, one can use a dictionary but the easiest way to translate would be by using Google Translate. This allows a user to translate between many different languages and is done instantly on a computer.
One of the features of a dictionary is to include the pronunciation. The Oxford English Dictionary is one of these, and is generally regarded as the most exhaustively comprehensive.
You can find many online tools for English-French translation like Babylon and Dictionary Reverso but you can also use Bing or Google Translator. They are free and very powerful.
The "V" page from the translation dictionary is there to give you a clue about the boy and his mother in the Country Side. The mother says (in French) "My son wants a green balloon." Get him one from the Clown Store.