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Originally Posted by krtw
Benefits and draw backs to phone use. Draw Backs: One point of failure. Lose, destroy or no charge - no translator.
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In this day and age, if you lose your phone, you're going to have a lot more problems than just not having fingertip translation.
Having said that, I agree with what the others have already said: Use Google Translate. You can download the translation software packages from Google, this will enable you to use the app when you don't have internet or cellular connectivity.
It's also great for translating written stuff - just open the app, select "camera", point the camera at the text (menu, sign, whatever), and the translation appears almost instantly, overlaid on the original language.
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Originally Posted by krtw
...what I asked is if anybody has used a hardware translator device...
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I don't think such a device exists, unless you consider a book (a dual-language translation dictionary) to be a 'hardware device'.
Michael
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