13. The method of claim 11 , wherein: detecting the change in the physical orientation of the electronic device from the first orientation to the second orientation comprises detecting a rotation of the electronic device from the first orientation to the second orientation, wherein the first translated text and the second virtual keyboard are displayed right side up in a landscape view while the electronic device is in the second orientation, and detecting the change in the physical orientation of the electronic device from the second orientation back to the first orientation comprises detecting a rotation of the electronic device from the second orientation to the first orientation, wherein the second translated text and the second virtual keyboard are displayed right side up in portrait view while the electronic device is in the first orientation, and the first orientation is a vertical orientation and the second orientation is a horizontal orientation.
11. A method for translating text on an electronic device, comprising: at the electronic device having a touch sensitive screen: receiving a first text of a first language entered via a first virtual keyboard on the touch sensitive screen, the first virtual keyboard comprising characters of the first language; in response to detecting a change in physical orientation of the electronic device from a first orientation to a second orientation: causing translation of the first text to a first translated text of a second language, and displaying, on the touch sensitive screen, the first translated text and a second virtual keyboard comprising characters of the second language; receiving a second text of the second language entered via the second virtual keyboard on the touch sensitive screen; and in response to detecting a change in the physical orientation of the electronic device from the second orientation back to the first orientation: causing translation of the second text to a second translated text of the first language, and displaying, on the touch sensitive screen, the second translated text and the first virtual keyboard.