I think the translation capabilities of these devices are amazing.
I bought a digital voice recorder to use to document things that are happening to my wife, and it has translation capability. It looks amazing. I have not used that feature yet.
Edit: I haven't used the translate to another language feature, I meant to say.
Edit: NGAF but I have a microcassette and regular cassette handheld recorder that work fine, but I liked the way I could separate the digital files and send them as attachments in submitting medical claims. Pretty cool.