JP2001251429A - Voice translation system using portable telephone and portable telephone - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To communicate with a person who use a different language, to make a portable telephone itself neither large-sized nor expensive, and allow the user to confirm the contents of translated words. SOLUTION: This voice translation system 1 is equipped with the portable telephone 2 which can send and receive a voice and a translation center 3 which translates a voice of a predetermined language sent from the portable telephone 2 to another language and sends the translated voice back to the portable telephone 2, and the voice which is sent back is outputted from the portable telephone 2. Another voice translation system translates the voice of the predetermined language sent from the portable telephone 2 into character information of another language and sends the translated character information back to the portable telephone 2, on which the sent-back character information is displayed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a speech translation system using a portable telephone capable of simultaneous interpretation and a portable telephone used in the system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, various automatic translation systems using a portable terminal are known. For example, JP-A-9-6
In an automatic translation system disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 5424, audio information is transmitted from a portable terminal equipped with a microphone to a base station, and is translated into another language by an automatic translator in the base station. And
The translated voice information and the like are transmitted to another portable terminal to provide a translation service.

Further, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H11-110389 discloses a portable translator for translating an input conversation sentence into a conversation sentence of a selected language and transmitting the translated conversation sentence from a connected mobile phone. Have been.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2000-10999 discloses a translation communication device that allows various types of information to be easily transmitted and received by voice information between an unspecified number of users using different languages. In other words, while the audio information is stored as the language type and English text information,
It is possible to detect the language used by the information acquirer and transmit voice and character information suitable for the language to the terminal of the information acquirer.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 9-65424
The technology disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Publication No. JP-A-2003-115125 merely provides a translation service provided in an international conference hall or the like simply outside the room. In other words, all the users who receive this translation service must have portable terminals, which is a closed system. Also, the speaker simply inputs his or her own voice and cannot confirm how it is translated. It is difficult to obtain live information.

[0006] The technique disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H11-110389 only enables a conventional character-based portable translator to be capable of voice input. For this reason, it is necessary to incorporate functions required for translation into the portable translator, which increases the weight, size, and price of the portable translator. And for those who own a mobile phone, while saying a mobile device,
It is necessary to always carry a terminal of a certain size separately from the mobile phone, which is troublesome.

Further, the translation communication apparatus disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2000-10999 merely enables conventional database search and database input by voice, and cannot be used as a simultaneous interpretation system.
In addition, the information provider cannot confirm how the information to be provided is expressed in another language.

[0008] The present invention provides a voice translator using a mobile phone that can communicate with other people who use foreign languages, does not increase the size of the mobile phone or increase the price, and can confirm the translated content. It is an object to provide a system and a mobile phone used in the system.

[0009]

In order to achieve the above object, a speech translation system using a mobile phone according to the present invention comprises:
A mobile phone capable of transmitting and receiving voice, and a translation center for translating voice in a predetermined language transmitted from the mobile phone into voice in another language and returning the translated voice to the mobile phone; The returned voice is output from the mobile phone.

[0010] For this reason, the owner of the portable telephone can communicate with another person who uses a language different from the language he or she is using in the language he or she uses as usual. In other words, when the mobile phone holder sends the content he / she wants to speak on the mobile phone to the translation center, the translation center translates (interprets) into another language used by the person with whom he / she wants to communicate and translates the content by voice. Reply. For this reason, mobile phone holders
You can easily and reliably communicate your intentions to the other party.

Moreover, since the translation function is performed by the translation center, the size of the mobile phone itself is not increased, and the price is not increased. Furthermore, the translated content is output as voice information from the mobile phone, so that the mobile phone owner can also grasp the content, and if the language can be understood to some extent, it is possible to check whether the language is correctly translated, and It can be sequentially confirmed where the reaction changes.

As the translation center, it is possible to arrange a translator who can translate, to arrange an automatic translator for automatically translating, or to appropriately combine both depending on the language and time zone. Also, as a mobile phone,
In addition to a normal mobile phone, it includes a mode of being incorporated in various mobile devices and a mode of being connected.

According to another aspect of the present invention, in addition to the above-described speech translation system using a cellular phone, the translation center automatically converts speech in a predetermined language transmitted from the cellular phone into speech in another language. An automatic translation device that translates the information is arranged.

As described above, since the automatic translation device is arranged at the translation center, the number of translators (interpreters) can be reduced and a low-cost system can be provided. In addition, since the automatic translation device always maintains a constant level, translation with stable and stable quality can be performed.

According to another aspect of the present invention, in addition to the above-mentioned invention, the translation center translates a predetermined language transmitted from the mobile phone into another language and replies. Replies after being translated back into a predetermined language.

As described above, since bidirectional translation from one language to another language and from the other language to one language is possible, communication can be smoothed even if the spoken language is different. . That is, since the language is translated into the mobile phone and output from the mobile phone, the language understood by the other party is output from the mobile phone as long as a person having a different language alternately inputs and transmits to the mobile phone. It is possible to communicate one's intention to the other.

Further, in another invention, in addition to the above-described inventions, a portable telephone is provided with a translation switch for switching between a normal telephone mode for performing normal telephone communication and a translation telephone mode for performing translation.

With this configuration, the portable telephone can be easily switched to a translation (interpretation) device. Further, by switching the switch, the mode can be changed from the translation phone mode to the normal phone mode, so that the mobile phone can function sufficiently as a normal mobile phone.

In addition, in another invention, in addition to the above-described voice translation system using the mobile phone of each invention, when the mode is switched to the translation phone mode, the volume of the speaker section in the mobile phone is increased. .

When the mode is switched to the translation telephone mode, the volume of the speaker is increased, so that the translated voice transmitted from the translation center can be sufficiently heard by a person who wants to communicate. For this reason, it is possible to communicate even if the other party is slightly away. In addition, in the normal telephone mode, the volume of the speaker is reduced, so that the risk of the communication contents being heard by others is reduced.

A speech translation system using a portable telephone according to another invention is a portable telephone capable of transmitting voice and displaying transmitted character information, and a predetermined portable telephone transmitted from the portable telephone. There is provided a translation center for translating a voice in a language into character information in another language and returning the translated character information to a mobile phone, so that the returned character information is displayed on the mobile phone.

Therefore, the owner of the portable telephone can communicate with another person who uses a language different from the language he or she is using in the usual language. In other words, when the mobile phone holder sends the content he / she wants to speak on the mobile phone to the translation center, the translation center translates (interprets) into another language used by the person with whom he / she wants to communicate, and translates the content in text Reply. For this reason, mobile phone holders
By showing the character displayed on the display unit of the mobile phone to the other party, his / her intention can be easily and reliably transmitted to the other party.

In addition, since the translation function is performed by the translation center, the size of the mobile phone itself is not increased, and the price is not increased. Furthermore, the translated content is output as textual information from the mobile phone, so that the mobile phone owner can also grasp the content, and if the language can be understood to some extent, it is possible to confirm that the translation is correct and to confirm the translation of the other party. It is possible to sequentially confirm where the reaction changes.

Further, in another invention, in addition to the above-mentioned invention, a translation center automatically translates a voice in a predetermined language transmitted from a mobile phone into translated character information and has the same character information as the character information. An automatic translator is provided for automatically translating into a voice in the language described above. In addition to displaying the returned character information, the mobile phone outputs a further translated and returned voice.

As described above, since the automatic translation device that automatically translates the input language as character information in another language and automatically translates it as speech information in another language is provided at the translation center. Thus, the contents of translation can be transmitted to the other party in both characters and voices, and reliable communication can be achieved.

Further, the portable telephone according to the present invention transmits a voice input to a microphone unit and receives and outputs a voice translated into another language, in a normal telephone mode for performing normal telephone communication. And a translation phone mode.

[0027] In addition to transmitting ordinary telephone communications, the portable telephone can receive the translated contents when the transmitted contents are translated and returned in another language. It is possible to execute two functions for ordinary telephone communication and translation (interpretation) on the platform. Moreover,
Since the translated content is output as audio, the flow for communication becomes smooth.

Further, another invention has a translation switch for switching between a normal telephone mode and a translation telephone mode in addition to the portable telephone of the above-mentioned invention.

With this configuration, the portable telephone can be easily switched to a translation (interpretation) device. Further, by switching the switch, the mode can be changed from the translation phone mode to the normal phone mode, so that the mobile phone can function sufficiently as a normal mobile phone.

Further, in addition to the above-mentioned inventions, the portable telephone according to another invention is automatically switched to the translation telephone mode by transmitting a predetermined telephone number.

When a telephone is designated by specifying a predetermined telephone number, for example, a telephone number of a translation center for performing translation (interpretation), the portable telephone detects that the telephone number has been transmitted, and switches to the translation telephone mode. For this reason, translation (interpretation) can be performed without performing extra operations such as pressing a switch.
The mobile phone will function as such.

[0032] In addition, in addition to the portable telephone of each of the above-described inventions, the volume of the internal speaker unit is increased in the translation telephone mode as compared with the normal telephone mode, and the internal microphone unit is increased. To increase the sensitivity.

As described above, in the translation telephone mode, the volume of the speaker section is increased and the sensitivity of the microphone section is increased, so that the translated voice transmitted from the translation center can be sufficiently heard by a person who wants to communicate. Will be able to do it. For this reason, it is possible to communicate even if the mobile phone holder or the conversation partner is somewhat away from the mobile phone. In addition, in the normal telephone mode, the volume of the speaker is reduced, so that the risk of the communication contents being heard by others is reduced.

Further, other inventions are in addition to the above-mentioned inventions.
When a voice input to the microphone unit is transmitted as character information in another language, a display unit that displays the character information is provided.

The display unit displays the translated character information in addition to the translated voice, so that the translated content can be transmitted by voice and character, and the desired content can be reliably transmitted to the other party. It can be transmitted.

A portable telephone according to another aspect of the present invention includes a normal telephone mode for performing normal telephone communication, a transmission of a voice input to a microphone unit, and a reception of character information translated into another language of the voice. And a translation telephone mode for displaying on the display unit.

[0037] In addition to transmitting ordinary telephone communications, the portable telephone can receive the translated contents when the transmitted contents are translated and returned in another language. It is possible to execute two functions for ordinary telephone communication and translation (interpretation) on the platform. Moreover,
Since the translated content is output as characters, the flow for communication becomes smooth. in addition,
Since it can be confirmed by characters, transmission errors are reduced.

[0038]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

The speech translation system 1 according to the present embodiment
This is a system using the mobile phone 2, the mobile phone 2 capable of transmitting and receiving voice, the voice in a predetermined language transmitted from the mobile phone 2 is translated into voice in another language, and the translated voice is A translation center 3 for replying to the mobile phone 2;

The speech translation system 1 further includes a plurality of intermediary base stations 4 arranged at intervals of several hundred meters to several kilometers.
And a management base station 5 for controlling the mediation base station 4.
In such a configuration, a person (hereinafter, referred to as a cell phone holder) 6 holding the mobile phone 2 is using a language used by the person nearby (hereinafter, referred to as a conversation partner) 7. This speech translation system 1 is used when it is desired to translate into a language and communicate.

The mobile phone 2 comprises a main body 11 and an antenna 1
And 2. The main body 11 has a speaker 13 for outputting the contents of a call or a translation as a sound, a display 14 for displaying a telephone number of a called party, etc., and a normal telephone mode for performing normal telephone communication with the mobile phone 2. A translation function unit 16 having a translation switch 15 and the like for switching to a translation telephone mode for performing translation, a button unit 17 used for ordinary telephone communication, a microphone unit 18 for inputting voice, and a translation content. An earphone connection unit 19 for listening with an earphone instead of the speaker unit 13 and a plurality of microphone connection units 20 for connecting other microphones are provided.

The speaker section 13 is configured so that, when the translation switch 15 is operated to set the translation telephone mode, the volume is increased as compared with the normal telephone mode. This volume increase is performed in four steps in the present embodiment.
Specifically, 3 times, 6 times (standard),
The volume is 12 times and 30 times the volume.

The display unit 14 can display the translated character information returned in addition to the display of the telephone number of the call destination. The display unit 14 can display various settings when the translation function unit 16 is operated to set the translation telephone mode.

The translation function section 16 includes, in addition to the translation switch 15, a function button 2 for setting volume, language selection, and the like.
1, a confirm button 22 for confirming each selection,
A start button 23 for starting connection to the translation center 3 after various settings are provided.

At the lower end of the function button 21, there is arranged a language selection button section 21a in which "1" is displayed in the vicinity. When the language selection button 21a is pressed after pressing the translation switch 15, an image shown in FIG. 4A appears.
For example, when the background of “English → Japanese (English → Japanese)” is blackened and the confirm button 22 is pressed, translation from English to Japanese (interpretation) becomes possible. “Next (NEX)” in FIG.
T) ", the image shown in FIG. 4B is displayed on the display unit 14.

FIG. 4B shows a screen for translating (interpreting) between Chinese and Japanese, which is displayed in both Japanese and Chinese. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 4A, in the case of translation between English and Japanese, it is displayed in both English and Japanese. Each subsequent display is performed according to the language selected by the language selection button section 21a. Here, the following display screens will be described on the assumption that a translation between English and Japanese is selected. .

At the right end of the function button 21, there is arranged a standard switching button section 21b having a display of "2" near it. Here, the standard specification and the preference use are switched. In the standard specification, the volume is six times that in the normal telephone mode, the translated characters are not displayed on the display unit 14, and the function of the speaker unit 13 works even when the earphone is used.
The specification is such that the function of the microphone unit 18 is maintained even if an external microphone is connected to the external microphone. When "NORMAL" is selected, the subsequent selection becomes unnecessary, and for example, "Press the start button" appears on the screen of the display unit 14.

At the upper end of the function button section 21, there is arranged a volume selection button section 21c for selecting the volume of the speaker section 13 near the display of "3". Pressing the translation switch 15 in the normal telephone mode switches to the translation telephone mode. At this time, the volume has already been increased six times. Each time the volume selection button section 21c is pressed, the selection target portion switches (see FIG. 6). The upper part of FIG.
The state immediately before the double volume is selected is shown. The center of FIG. 6 shows the standard twice, and the lower part of FIG. 6 shows the state immediately before the standard five times the volume is selected.

At the left end of the function button section 21, there is arranged a function selection button section 21d having a display of "4" near it. By pressing the various function selection buttons 21d, the display unit 14 displays, in addition to the voice translation, a portion to be displayed when the translated content is to be displayed on the display unit 14, and an earphone as shown in FIG. There are three displays: a portion to be selected when no sound is output from the speaker portion 13 when used, and a portion to be selected when input is not allowed from the microphone portion 18 when an external microphone is used. Done.

Each time the various function selection buttons 21 are pressed, the black display portion for selection is switched.
A check mark 24 is given to the selected one. Note that the microphone section 18 is set to have a sensitivity three times that of the normal telephone mode when the translation telephone mode is set.

The translation center 3 is provided with an automatic translation device 31 for automatically translating a language transmitted from the mobile phone 2 into another specified language.

As shown in FIG. 8, the automatic translator 31 transmits information transmitted from the mobile phone 2 to an antenna 32.
Receiving unit 33 for receiving the data after receiving the data, a voice recognizing unit 34 for recognizing the contents of the data from the receiving unit 33 as voice data in a predetermined language, and translating the recognized language into a predetermined language. A translation unit 35, a speech conversion unit 36 that outputs the translated content as speech information, a character conversion unit 37 that outputs the translated content as text information, and speech and text information that is input and output from the antenna 32 A transmitting unit 38 for outputting as a signal that can be generated,
And a control unit 39 for controlling each unit in the apparatus.

The voice recognition unit 34 includes a Japanese language recognition software and an English language recognition software for recognizing the contents of voices input in various words such as Japanese, English, Chinese, and French. , Various language recognition software such as Chinese recognition software, and software for detecting how many words are input. In the translation unit 35, various translation software such as Japanese-English translation software, English-Japanese translation software, and Japanese-Chinese translation software for translating recognized speech, for example, the content of a conversation are arranged.

Next, the mobile phone 2 configured as described above
The operation of the speech translation system 1 using the language will be described. In the description, it is assumed that the mobile phone holder 6 is a person who speaks Japanese and the conversation partner 7 is a person who speaks English, but it is needless to say that the present invention can be applied to other cases.

When the mobile phone holder 6 wants to ask the conversation partner 7, for example, "How much is this clothes?", The translation switch 15 of the mobile phone 2 in the normal telephone mode is used.
push. Then, the display unit 14 displays “Translation telephone mode”.
And "TRANSLATION MODE" are displayed. Next, the language selection button section 21a of the function button 21 is pressed. Then
As shown in FIG. 4A, the "translation telephone mode" and the "TRAN
In addition to the “SLATION MODE” display, “Language selection (SELECT LAN
GUAGE) "etc. are added. At this time, the black background is initially added to the “English → Japanese (English → Japanese)” part.

In this example, since the mobile phone holder 6 wants to translate (interpret) Japanese into English, it is necessary to select the following “Japanese → English”. As described above, when selecting another translation, the language selection button unit 21a is further pressed. By lowering the black background part and pressing the confirm button 22,
Confirm the selection. If the mobile phone holder 6 wants to translate (interpret) not only the translation from Japanese into English but also the English spoken by the conversation partner 7 into Japanese, the following “English ← → Date (English ←) → Japanese) ".

By selecting the translation from Japanese to English,
All subsequent displays on the display unit 14 are written in both Japanese and English. Note that, when a translation from English to Japanese or a bidirectional translation between Japanese and English is selected, both Japanese and English are similarly written.

Next, when the standard switch button 21b is pressed, the display shown in FIG. 5 is displayed. And "NORMAL"
By pressing the confirm button 22 with a black background in addition to any one of “Preferences (DESIRED)” and “Preferences (DESIRED)”, one of them is selected.
When the former is selected, a message "Press the start button" is displayed on the display unit 14. Pressing the start button 23 starts translation. That is, the mobile phone 2 transmits the Japanese input from the mobile phone 2 to the translation center 3. Then, the translation center 3 translates into English, and then returns the translated voice in English to the mobile phone 2. The mobile phone holder 6 brings the mobile phone 2 closer to the conversation partner 7 and causes the conversation partner 7 to check the translated content at the increased volume (six times the volume in the normal telephone mode). As a result, the intention of the mobile phone holder 6 is correctly transmitted to the conversation partner 7.

When the latter “desired specification (DESIRED)” is selected, the display section 14 displays ““ VOLUME ”and“ OTHERS ”.
(OTHERS) ". Is displayed.
Therefore, next, various settings are performed using the volume selection button section 21c, the various function selection button sections 21d, and the confirm button 22. Then, by pressing the start button 23, the translation is started.

When the translation from Japanese to English is selected, the information is transmitted to the automatic translation device 31 in the translation center 3 by pressing the start button 23, and the Japanese translation in the speech recognition unit 34 is performed. The word recognition software and the Japanese-English translation software in the translation unit 35 operate. If the bidirectional translation between Japanese and English is selected, the detection software for Japanese-English recognition in the voice recognition unit 34, the Japanese recognition software and the English recognition software, and the Japanese-English The translation software and English-Japanese translation software work.

The above embodiment is an example of a preferred embodiment of the present invention, but various modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention. For example, a simultaneous interpreter may be arranged in the translation center 3 instead of the automatic translation device 31. In addition, both the automatic translator 31 and the simultaneous interpreter may be arranged, and these may be appropriately combined depending on the language, time zone, and the like. Alternatively, it may be possible to select whether the translation means to be used is the automatic translation device 31 or a simultaneous interpreter by voice input or button operation from the mobile phone 2.

When a language to be translated is selected, the language to be translated is selected by number by pressing a button of the button unit 17 of the mobile phone 2, for example, a numerical button of 0 to 9. good. Also, the speaker unit 13
Instead of raising the volume step by step, the volume may be raised linearly, or conversely, the volume may not be raised. Further, the sensitivity of the microphone unit 18 may be increased not only by one step but also by several steps, by linear, or, conversely, by being unchangeable.

Further, in this embodiment, when the start button 23 is pressed after the translation switch 15 is pressed, the translation center 3 is automatically connected. May be connected to the translation center 3 using the button of the telephone button section 17 (= inputting a telephone number). The translation function unit 16
When a predetermined telephone number is input and transmitted, the translation telephone mode is automatically set at the stage of transmission, or a predetermined button operation is performed after accessing the translation center 3 to enter the translation telephone mode. You may do it.

Further, in the translation center 3, software for detecting the language transmitted is provided (three or more languages can be detected), and the type of the transmitted language is detected. At the same time, the contents may be recognized. In this case, it is preferable to recognize a request in the detected language, for example, a request for "English to Japanese", and automatically operate the corresponding software.

Further, as the mobile phone 2, in addition to a normal mobile phone, a PH built in a mobile computer is used.
S, a portable terminal called a so-called pocket board mainly used for exchanging e-mails, a watch-type telephone device, a cellular phone connected to a computer, and the like. Furthermore, portable Internet access equipment, if capable of transmitting voice, is also included in the portable telephone according to the present invention. In this case, the translation center is connected via the Internet, and sometimes the web server itself may be used as an automatic translation device.

As a method for the portable telephone (including a terminal capable of transmitting voice) 2 to receive the translated information, an electronic mail may be employed. A screen enlargement function may be added to the mobile phone 2 so that the mobile phone 2 can easily read the electronic mail and the above-described character information.
As a method of enlarging the screen, a method of inserting a mechanical magnifying lens at the time of reception, a method of increasing the number of character points and enlarging the character, and the like are adopted. In addition, as the enlargement of the screen, a method of automatically enlarging in the translation telephone mode, a method of switching the screen by a separately provided button, or the like can be adopted.

Further, in each of the above-described embodiments, the voice for translation is transmitted, but the present invention can be applied to a device for transmitting character information instead of voice. When character information is transmitted, there are three types of replies: a translated voice only, a translated voice and translated characters, and a translated character only. Which form is adopted depends on the purpose, the price of the system, and the like, and an appropriate form can be selected based on predetermined conditions.

The translation center 3 may be located in the management base station 5 or in other facilities. Further, a part of the voice translation system 1 may be wired instead of wireless, for example, a wired connection between the translation center 3 and the management base station 5.

[0069]

According to the present invention, there is provided a portable telephone which can communicate with other people who use different languages, does not increase the size and cost of the portable telephone itself, and can confirm the translated contents. The speech translation system used and the mobile phone used in the system can be obtained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an outline of a speech translation system using a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a mobile phone used in the system of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing details of a translation function unit of the mobile phone shown in FIG. 2;

4 is a diagram illustrating a state of a display unit when a language selection button unit of the mobile phone illustrated in FIG. 2 is pressed.

5 is a diagram illustrating a state of a display unit when a standard switching button unit of the mobile phone illustrated in FIG. 2 is pressed.

6 is a diagram illustrating a state of a display unit when a volume selection button unit of the mobile phone illustrated in FIG. 2 is pressed.

7 is a diagram illustrating a state of a display unit when various function selection buttons of the mobile phone illustrated in FIG. 2 are pressed.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an automatic translation apparatus in a translation center arranged in the system of FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Speech translation system 2 Cellular phone 3 Translation center 11 Main unit 12 Antenna unit 13 Speaker unit 14 Display unit 15 Translation switch 16 Translation function unit 18 Microphone unit 31 Automatic translation device

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Claims (13)

[Claims] A mobile phone capable of transmitting and receiving voice, a translation of a voice in a predetermined language transmitted from the mobile phone into a voice of another language, and a translation for returning the translated voice to the mobile phone A voice translation system using a mobile phone, comprising a center and outputting the returned voice from the mobile phone. 2. An automatic translator for automatically translating a voice in a predetermined language transmitted from the mobile phone into a voice in another language is arranged in the translation center. A speech translation system using the described mobile phone. 3. The translation center translates a predetermined language transmitted from the mobile phone into another language and replies. When the other language is transmitted, the translation center performs reverse translation into the predetermined language. 2. The speech translation system using a mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein the speech is translated. 4. The portable telephone according to claim 1, further comprising a translation switch for switching between a normal telephone mode for performing normal telephone communication and a translation telephone mode for performing translation. A speech translation system using a mobile phone. 5. The system according to claim 1, wherein the volume of a speaker unit in the mobile phone is increased when the mode is switched to the translation phone mode.
A speech translation system using the described mobile phone. 6. A mobile phone capable of transmitting voice and displaying transmitted character information, and a voice in a predetermined language transmitted from the mobile phone is translated into character information in another language. A translation center for returning the translated character information to the mobile phone, and displaying the returned character information on the mobile phone. 7. The translation center automatically translates a voice in a predetermined language transmitted from the mobile phone into the translated text information and automatically converts the voice into a voice in the same language as the text information. 7. The mobile phone according to claim 6, wherein an automatic translation device for translating the text is provided, and the mobile phone outputs the translated and returned voice in addition to displaying the returned character information. Speech translation system using. 8. A normal telephone mode for performing normal telephone communication, and a translated telephone mode for transmitting voice input to a microphone unit and receiving and outputting voice translated into another language of the voice. A mobile phone characterized by the following. 9. The mobile phone according to claim 8, further comprising a translation switch for switching between the normal telephone mode and the translation telephone mode. 10. The mobile phone according to claim 8, wherein the mode is automatically switched to the translation phone mode by transmitting a predetermined phone number. 11. The system according to claim 8, wherein in the translated telephone mode, the volume of the internal speaker unit is increased and the sensitivity of the internal microphone unit is increased as compared with the normal telephone mode. 9. The mobile phone according to 9 or 10. 12. The apparatus according to claim 8, further comprising a display unit for displaying the character information when the voice input to the microphone unit is translated and transmitted as character information in another language. The mobile phone according to any one of the preceding claims. 13. A normal telephone mode for performing normal telephone communication, and a translated telephone mode for transmitting voice input to a microphone unit and receiving character information translated into another language of the voice and displaying the same on a display unit. And a mobile phone.