The new update is cool. Interface is now fast and smooth. Wish it had voices though.

I love the idea of two-way translation where the native speaker you are trying to communicate with can instantly switch to their language to choose a response. That innovation alone is enough for me to recommend it over other apps.

I demonstrated this application to some Germans who were visiting us on business. They found the translations confusing and inappropriate. For instance "I am lost" in English translates to "I want to get lost" in German. Obviously those two phases mean completely different things. The only purpose it served was to break the ice by all the ridicule it spawned, and frankly I felt embarrassed from using it. I don't feel I could depend upon it while traveling in a foreign land.

It won't translate single words unless they are recorded on the system. And the translation appears only in the foreign language without pronounciation. For example in japanese, you get a bunch of symbols that can't be read out loud unless you speak japanese. Is there any way I can return it and get my money back?

I showed the results of the Chinese translations to my customer in Beijing and they laughed at the results. They vaguely understood what was intended, but their response in English was easy for me to understand, “get your money back.” Maybe the results are better in the other languages.

Shane - good effort. Three stars only because I've seen some pretty incredible apps on here that do amazingly complex things, and they are free. If you are going to charge, you should be providing their complexity and going above and beyond that. Thats the nature of competition, unless youre just out to make a buck. There's a wiki app on here thats an entire encyclopedia at your fingertips, and it's free. There's a real time streaming audio app with literally thousands of songs databased, and it's free. Your app has only 7 languages and only a limited list of pre-canned phrases, and it costs $5.00? Let's get this thing expanded and make it a true translation tool, and then charge.

This app does nothing to help you learn how to speak a new language. There is NO AUDIO ! You never learn how to say what need. It's nothing more that flash cards.

i've had this app for awhile and admittedly i havent used it to the extent of verifying whether or not the translations were accurate for German or Japanese, etc. but the one thing i think that the app can improve on is how a person responds to your queries especially since its a good chance they dont have the app or know where to find appropriate answers to respond to you... yes it has the icons and categories to help out but i think it makes sense to generate a list of relevant answers (responses) based on key words in the question or sentence so that when you give them the chance to respond, they can do so more efficiently... that way they dont need to scroll through useless responses just to give you an answer you kinda dont need or requires more than a simple yes or no answer... in some cases its easier to just use other apps that translates on the spot (albeit via wi-fi / edge) with the audio and in some cases saving the translation to avoid retyping it in the future... in closing it's probably better to own a few language apps anyway and just flip-flop as needed instead of depending solely on one...