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The Translate One2One is claimed to be clever enough to avoid a range of common translation stumbling blocks

    Aatif Sulleyman
    Tuesday 20 June 2017 10:58 BST
 

A new device that delivers foreign language translations directly to your ear almost instantly has just gone on sale.

The Translate One2One has been hailed as a real-world equivalent of the Babel fish, the famous fictional creature from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/real-time-translation-one2one-foreign-languages-english-french-chinese-italian-japanese-a7797976.html
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Re: New Earpiece Translates Foreign Languages as You Have a Conversation
« Reply #1 on: June 20, 2017, 11:32:08 am »
Now invent one for men to understand their wives
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Re: New Earpiece Translates Foreign Languages as You Have a Conversation
« Reply #2 on: June 20, 2017, 01:34:34 pm »
Now invent one for men to understand their wives

LOL.  The new device in the article may be based on The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, but you get props for the REAL science-fiction idea. 
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Re: New Earpiece Translates Foreign Languages as You Have a Conversation
« Reply #3 on: June 20, 2017, 03:29:27 pm »