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Skype has launched an instant translator. The new Star Trek-style translator is set to break down all our language barriers. Now, the company has launched the first preview of the app, which will initially translate calls between English and Spanish before expanding into other languages. The Skype Translator Preview app works by either adding real-time subtitles to people's conversations, or actually playing an audio translation of the foreign language dialogue to the person on the other end. At the inaugural Code Conference back in June, Gurdeep Pall, the Vice President of Skype Translator demonstrated the subtitle software with a colleague in Germany. Although there appeared to be a few teething problems, as you can see in the demonstration below, the ability is generally pretty mind-blowing. The company is now marketing Skype Translator as a tool that will help schools around the world communicate, and has tested it in the US and Mexico. It's also translating instant mes