ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Universal translator

Hey kiddo, do you know how sometimes you might talk to someone who speaks a different language and you can't understand what they're saying? Well, a universal translator is like a special machine that helps people who speak different languages understand each other.

It's kind of like magic! You just speak into the machine or type what you want to say, and then the machine figures out what you said and says it back to the other person in their language. And if they say something back, the machine listens, figures out what they're saying, and tells you in your language.

It's really useful because it helps people from different countries and cultures talk to each other and understand each other better. Imagine if everyone in the world had a universal translator – we could all talk to each other, make friends, and learn from other people's experiences!