Ever find yourself in a crowd where people aren't speaking your language? Ever wish you could speak or understand another language? If so, you should pick up the Babbler and De-babbler translation HUDs (which you can get them free at Green).

De-babbler is used to translate what someone else is saying and Babbler is used to translate what you say. Both use Google transation to translate between English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, and Japanese. It also will translate into Pirate, although that translation comes from Pirate Monkeyness rather than Google.



To use either, all you have to do is wear them.

By default, the Babbler HUD displays in the upper left. When Babbler is on, the largest button is green, when it is off that button is white. Click this button to select your language and the language that you want Babbler to translate your text. Then start babbling - for each line of text that you enter, you will see a second line with your translated text (it will be green, and there will be an "x" before your name). If you click the Q button this puts you into quiet mode, meaning that only your translated text is displayed (so the original text that you type is not displayed).

The De-babbler HUD displays in the upper right by default. For me this was under the mini-map so I moved it (right click, edit, and use the color-coded arrows to drag it somewhere else). When you are the vicinity of someone speaking another language, simply click the yellow button to select who you want to translate and then click the big white button to start De-Babbler.

Now I need to find some non-English speakers, or pirates :)