1. A language translation system comprising: a request distribution system configured to receive requests to translate source speech or text from a source language to a target language, and wherein the request distribution system breaks the source speech or text into a plurality of redundant and overlapping or non-overlapping source speech or text fragments and incorporates the fragments into a plurality of translation requests; a translation network comprised of one or more human or machine translators, wherein the one or more human or machine translators generate translation responses containing one or more suggested translations of the source speech or text fragments into the target language, and wherein each of the one or more translators has a translator reputation that describes an expected quality of translations provided by each of the one or more translators; and a response assembly system configured to collect the translation responses and assemble the suggested translations into an overall source speech or text translation based on the translator reputations of each translator, on statistical properties of the suggested translations, on statistical properties of the source and target languages, and on the context and details of the original translation request.