Just as I was getting to university, the BBC broadcast a sitcom by Douglas Adams called The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, which became an international success through a TV series, a film, a stage show, and a novel translated into thirty languages. One of the pieces of technology described in the book was the Babel Fish, a small yellow fish inserted into the ear which simultaneously translates from one spoken language to another as its nutrition processes convert sound into brain waves, 'neatly crossing the language divide between any species you should happen to meet whilst travelling in space'. I was thinking about the Babel Fish while reading about Apple's Live Translation feature available on iPhones from version 15 onwards. It can translate your voice or Facetime calls from and to English (both the UK and U.S types), French, German, Brazilian Portuguese, and Castillian Spanish. Still in Beta testing but it's the Babel Fish made real. I already see tourists using the Google Tran