Now, I just stumbled across this and think it’s fabulous. Word Lens is an iPhone app that works even without a connection to the internet. It reads signs through the iPhone camera and translates them for you.
Don’t believe me? Take a look for yourself.
Of course, the real question is whether it can translate American. Or Chinglish.
I mentioned that the application could be purchased by the iPhone to translate words on menus and signs, a perfect gift for study abroad students and travelers.