15. An apparatus comprising: a language translation device that includes a database configured to accommodate translation data, the language translation device being equipped to provide a number of language translation services to a user, and the language translation device being responsive to a contextual translation data update signal that updates the database; an electronic data input and output module, configured to provide the contextual translation data update signal to the language translation device, the electronic data input and output module being responsive to a context change signal indicative that the database may need to be updated; and a context comparator configured to provide the context change signal if the translation data is insufficient to cover a present or anticipated context of the apparatus, wherein the contextual translation data update signal is input into the apparatus, and the context change signal is output from the apparatus, wherein the present or anticipated context is a setting in a country having a primary language different from a language in which the user is fluent, and wherein said updates include adding to the database a selected subset of phrases that are suitable for said setting, and removing from the database another selected subset of phrases that are irrelevant to said setting, and said setting includes a temperature.
15. An apparatus comprising: a language translation device that includes a database configured to accommodate translation data, the language translation device being equipped to provide a number of language translation services to a user, and the language translation device being responsive to a contextual translation data update signal that updates the database; an electronic data input and output module, configured to provide the contextual translation data update signal to the language translation device, the electronic data input and output module being responsive to a context change signal indicative that the database may need to be updated; and a context comparator configured to provide the context change signal if the translation data is insufficient to cover a present or anticipated context of the apparatus, wherein the contextual translation data update signal is input into the apparatus, and the context change signal is output from the apparatus, wherein the present or anticipated context is a setting in a country having a primary language different from a language in which the user is fluent, and wherein said updates include adding to the database a selected subset of phrases that are suitable for said setting, and removing from the database another selected subset of phrases that are irrelevant to said setting, and said setting includes a temperature. 27. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the at least one language translation service includes pronunciation instruction or at least one text-to-speech feature or both.