Google has converted its wonderful web-based Google Translate into a native iOS app for iPhone, with voice input for 15 languages and support for speaking results in 23 languages.

So I downloaded and installed it on my phone. It invited me to speak, so I requested a translation of the following sentence: “I am wondering what you think of President Sarkozy”.

The phone thought for a moment, and then replied: Je me demandez ce que vous pensez de sucer president ####”.

Hmmm…