The search giant last night launched an application that allows a mobile phone to instantly translate a conversation. Users speaking into a device running Google’s own Android operating system will hear their words translated into another language, and their conversation partner’s words will then be translated back into their original tongue.

Although users must press “submit” between each statement, Google’s Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said that he expects the service to operate in “real-time” within 18 months.

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