Universal Translators Are Totally Doable

SingularityHub points to research efforts, but it's much simpler. Here's all you need to do:

• iOS app streams audio to outsourcers with relevant language skills
• outsourcers transcribe text into BabelFish and paste resulting translation back into web app
• web app pipes text into cheap text-to-speech software and pipes audio back to iOS app
• boom, Star Trek, 400 years ahead of schedule