Audio system for a passenger cabin of an aircraft, comprising: a cabin speaker configured to transmit general audio information across a passenger zone, the passenger zone having a plurality of passenger seats arranged therein; a directional speaker configured to emanate a sound beam onto a recipient seat of the plurality of passenger seats such that the recipient seat is exposed to individualized audio information carried by the sound beam; a control device communicatively coupled with the cabin speaker and the directional speaker and configured to provide the general audio information to the cabin speaker and the individualized audio information to the directional speaker; characterised in that the audio system further comprises: a crew communication device communicatively coupled to the control device and configured to at least one of select and create the individualized audio information to be transmitted over the directional speaker, wherein the crew communication device is configured to receive crew voice signals from a crew member and to transmit the crew voice signals as individualized audio information via the directional speaker; a passenger microphone (8, 8') communicatively coupled with the crew communication device and configured to receive passenger voice signals from a passenger on the recipient seat and to transmit the received passenger voice signals to the crew communication device; and a real-time voice translator configured to transform at least one of the crew voice signals and the passenger voice signals from a source language into a target language before transmission. a cabin speaker configured to transmit general audio information across a passenger zone, the passenger zone having a plurality of passenger seats arranged therein; a directional speaker configured to emanate a sound beam onto a recipient seat of the plurality of passenger seats such that the recipient seat is exposed to individualized audio information carried by the sound beam; a control device communicatively coupled with the cabin speaker and the directional speaker and configured to provide the general audio information to the cabin speaker and the individualized audio information to the directional speaker; characterised in that the audio system further comprises: a crew communication device communicatively coupled to the control device and configured to at least one of select and create the individualized audio information to be transmitted over the directional speaker, wherein the crew communication device is configured to receive crew voice signals from a crew member and to transmit the crew voice signals as individualized audio information via the directional speaker; a passenger microphone (8, 8') communicatively coupled with the crew communication device and configured to receive passenger voice signals from a passenger on the recipient seat and to transmit the received passenger voice signals to the crew communication device; and a real-time voice translator configured to transform at least one of the crew voice signals and the passenger voice signals from a source language into a target language before transmission. a crew communication device communicatively coupled to the control device and configured to at least one of select and create the individualized audio information to be transmitted over the directional speaker, wherein the crew communication device is configured to receive crew voice signals from a crew member and to transmit the crew voice signals as individualized audio information via the directional speaker; a passenger microphone (8, 8') communicatively coupled with the crew communication device and configured to receive passenger voice signals from a passenger on the recipient seat and to transmit the received passenger voice signals to the crew communication device; and a real-time voice translator configured to transform at least one of the crew voice signals and the passenger voice signals from a source language into a target language before transmission.