10. A method of providing language translation between first and second communication terminals, the method comprising: establishing communication between the first and second communication terminals; receiving a signal representing speech in a first human language from the first communication terminal, wherein the signal comprises features extracted according to a parametric model that is different than that used by the first communication terminal when operating in a non-language translation mode; mapping the signal to machine-readable intermediate data indicative of sounds in the first human language in a language recognition unit; translating the machine-readable intermediate data indicative of sounds in the first human language to further machine-readable intermediate data indicative of sounds in a second human language; generating a translated signal representing speech and/or text in the second human language, which is different from the first human language, in response to the further intermediate data in a language translation unit, the speech and/or text represented by the translated signal having a meaning corresponding to that of the speech represented by the received signal; and providing the translated signal to the second communication terminal, the method further comprising: providing a request to the first communication terminal to use the parametric model to generate the signal representing speech in the first human language, wherein the signal representing speech in the first human language is received from the first communication terminal in response to the request to provide automatic capability negotiation between a language translation device and the first communication terminal.
10. A method of providing language translation between first and second communication terminals, the method comprising: establishing communication between the first and second communication terminals; receiving a signal representing speech in a first human language from the first communication terminal, wherein the signal comprises features extracted according to a parametric model that is different than that used by the first communication terminal when operating in a non-language translation mode; mapping the signal to machine-readable intermediate data indicative of sounds in the first human language in a language recognition unit; translating the machine-readable intermediate data indicative of sounds in the first human language to further machine-readable intermediate data indicative of sounds in a second human language; generating a translated signal representing speech and/or text in the second human language, which is different from the first human language, in response to the further intermediate data in a language translation unit, the speech and/or text represented by the translated signal having a meaning corresponding to that of the speech represented by the received signal; and providing the translated signal to the second communication terminal, the method further comprising: providing a request to the first communication terminal to use the parametric model to generate the signal representing speech in the first human language, wherein the signal representing speech in the first human language is received from the first communication terminal in response to the request to provide automatic capability negotiation between a language translation device and the first communication terminal. 17. The method of claim 10 , wherein the signal representing speech in the first human language is more error resilient than a vocoded signal with respect to radio transmission.