R.O.C.E.

R.O.C.E. — the Real-time Omnilingual Communication Engine — consists of two dots. One goes in the ear of a subject, the other on the diaphragm.

It translates any language in its database in real time. The delay is so minimal it is basically undetectable.

If you talk to an alien you will hear everything it says in English, and the alien will hear everything you say in its own language, if its language is in the database.

It is rare to encounter a language that is not in the Numinous database.