https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/9/25/16363250/baidu-translator-gadget-announced

Baidu is trying to make it easier for tourists to get around in China, Japan, and English-speaking countries. According to Nikkei, the Chinese web company and search giant is developing a gadget that will be able to listen to someone speak in one language and then immediately repeat it back in another language.

While that’s something various phone apps can do, Baidu’s translation device — which doesn’t have a name yet — may have some benefits. For one, it wouldn’t be a drain on your phone’s battery. And more importantly, it’d be ready and waiting at all times, instead of a phone app that needs to be opened up and set up before a user can get going. Baidu seems to be building a dedicated internet connection into the translator too, and it’ll reportedly be able to work as a Wi-Fi hot spot.