A new meaning to the idea that a picture is worth a thousand words.
At the Mobile World Congress Google demonstrated a prototype of Google Translate using Google Goggles. The application will allow you to snap a photo of a menu in another langauge and have it translated into your language. All this would be done using your phone, of course. Follow this link to view a demonstration of the product.
It will be interesting to see if this product ever makes it into consumers hands.