Conceptual communication via real-time translation on portable electronic devices

摘要

Effective communication between people that speak different languages can be easily facilitated via a portable electronic device, such as a cell phone, that has a translation program and a set of words in both languages that are selected to convey a wide range of universal concepts. Users can scroll though a set of categories and select words for immediate translation into a visual or auditory result. The carefully selected words in the translation matrix can be arranged by a user to convey almost every concept in casual conversation.