Patent ID: 7369998

Claim:
A method for providing a phrase vocabulary in an electronic translation device with a means for inputting a native language phrase and a means for outputting a translation of the phrase in a target language, the method comprising: (a) evaluating a context in which the translation device will be used, (b) selecting a set of native language phrases that would be useful in the context, (c) providing translations of the native language phrases into a target language, (d) associating each native language phrase with the corresponding target language translation, the set of associated phrases and translations comprising a customized translation module, (e) uploading the customized translation module onto the translation device, wherein the customized translation module is stored in a memory means of the translation device, and (f) deconflicting the selected set of phrases by comparing pairs of phrases in the set of phrases, determining whether the audio similarity of pairs of phrases in the set of phrases exceeds a predetermined threshold level of audio similarity, and eliminating one of the phrases in each pair of phrases that exceeds the predetermined threshold level of audio similarity; wherein the translation device employs speaker independent voice recognition as the means for inputting phrases from the set of phrases that are translated by the translation device.