coolest thing, I think, is on Orkut and g+ I can enable a translator and talk to them in English, they see it in portuguese and visa versa. True cross-cultural, cross-lingual communication. The Universal Translator is coming soon and we'll be able to talk to anybody, anywhere in whatever language they're using. It might just be for typing and not talking but with the voice-to-text features getting better and better, it won't be long at all before it's a reality. "