1. A system for bilingual communication between a first party and a second party through a remote live interpreter, comprising: a portable device for the first party communicating in a first language at a location-specific site comprising a microphone, an ear phone for the first party, a display screen, and a camera, wherein the portable device is configured to transmit via an internet network a request for a live interpreter of a selected different language to a network server that maintains a database of interpreters and languages able to be interpreted by interpreters, wherein the portable device for the first party receives user input indicative of identification of a communication device for a second party communicating in the selected different language at the location-specific site with the first party, wherein the portable device receives a second party communication in the selected different language from the communication device for the second party; and wherein, in response to the request for the live interpreter of the selected different language, the portable device establishes a connection via the internet network with a third party communication device for the remote live interpreter at a remote site and in communication with the network server, wherein the portable device transmits to the third party communication device a first party communication in the first language from the first party and the second party communication in the selected different language from the second party, and wherein the portable device is configured to transmit to the third party communication device an encrypted transmission of the second party communication in the selected different language and to receive from the third party communication device an encrypted transmission of the second party communication in the first language for output at the ear phone for the first party.
1. A system for bilingual communication between a first party and a second party through a remote live interpreter, comprising: a portable device for the first party communicating in a first language at a location-specific site comprising a microphone, an ear phone for the first party, a display screen, and a camera, wherein the portable device is configured to transmit via an internet network a request for a live interpreter of a selected different language to a network server that maintains a database of interpreters and languages able to be interpreted by interpreters, wherein the portable device for the first party receives user input indicative of identification of a communication device for a second party communicating in the selected different language at the location-specific site with the first party, wherein the portable device receives a second party communication in the selected different language from the communication device for the second party; and wherein, in response to the request for the live interpreter of the selected different language, the portable device establishes a connection via the internet network with a third party communication device for the remote live interpreter at a remote site and in communication with the network server, wherein the portable device transmits to the third party communication device a first party communication in the first language from the first party and the second party communication in the selected different language from the second party, and wherein the portable device is configured to transmit to the third party communication device an encrypted transmission of the second party communication in the selected different language and to receive from the third party communication device an encrypted transmission of the second party communication in the first language for output at the ear phone for the first party. 13. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first language of the first party and the selected different language of the second party are both selected from a group consisting of all spoken languages and sign language.