Method of providing a multilingual translation device for portable use

A method of using a portable, real time voice translation, the method comprising:

• obtaining a translation system for use on a single unit, portable device having a processor and a memory, the translation system having a computer program that is operable for executing the following functions:
• accessing a multilanguage database embodied in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium including a plurality of phrase templates associated with a respective plurality of phrases;
• selecting a source language from a plurality of source languages and a destination language from a plurality of destination languages;
• inputting a source phrase;
• transmitting the source phrase to (i) a speech recognition module embodied in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium for converting the spoken source phrase into a recognized source phrase;
• (ii) a translation engine embodied in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium for translating the recognized source phrase in the selected source language into a destination phrase in a destination language selected from multiple languages, wherein the plurality of phrases in the multilanguage database include the destination phrase;
• and, (iii) a template look-up engine embodied in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium for finding the phrase template associated with the destination phrase from among the multiple languages;
• and,
• outputting the spoken translation in the selected destination language;
• the translation system having a total time between the input of the source phrase and output of the destination phrase that is no slower than 0.010 seconds;
• and,
• executing the computer program.

A portable, real time voice translation system, comprising:

• a translation system for use on a single unit, portable device having a processor and a memory, the translation system having a computer program that is operable for executing the following functions:
• accessing a multilanguage database embodied in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium including a plurality of phrase templates associated with a respective plurality of phrases;
• selecting a source language from a plurality of source languages and a destination language from a plurality of destination languages;
• inputting a source phrase;
• transmitting the source phrase to (i) a speech recognition module embodied in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium for converting the spoken source phrase into a recognized source phrase;
• (ii) a translation engine embodied in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium for translating the recognized source phrase in the selected source language into a destination phrase in a destination language selected from multiple languages, wherein the plurality of phrases in the multilanguage database include the destination phrase;
• and, (iii) a template look-up engine embodied in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium for finding the phrase template associated with the destination phrase from among the multiple languages;
• and,
• outputting the spoken translation in the selected destination language;
• wherein, the translation system has (i) a total time between the input of the source phrase and output of the destination phrase that is no slower than 0.010 seconds;
• and, (ii) a communications interface operable for communicating with a second computer system.