While machine translation is not ready yet, there are some incremental innovations in the interpreter industry. A local entrepreneur is having some success wit

While machine translation is not ready yet, there are some incremental innovations in the interpreter industry. A local entrepreneur is having some success with a remote system for interpreters that tries to replace the interpreter console and related expensive interpretation equipment: http://www.glotweb.com/ http://www.glotweb.com/ Not sure how his has handled the strict no-lag requirements though, but they were doing trial runs in Washington and San Diego.