Worldictionary 17+

I've tried this app out quite a bit with several languages and overall it's pretty good. Sometimes it has struggled a bit with the OCR (not correctly identifying the original word) but mostly it gets it right and then it works a charm. I was especially impressed it could do an OK job translating Japanese characters.
Where I falls down, apart from the occasional OCR glitches, is that it translates a word at a time. This makes long passages difficult, especially where word order and sentence structure differs significantly from my language. If it could translate, say, a whole sentence at a time, it would be absolutely brilliant. As it is though, it's still very useful for my purposes (translating short passages, eBay listings, etc) and I imagine it would be great if you were travelling and had to read signs, brochures and the like.
Disclaimer: the developer gave me a free copy of the app and asked me to post a review. But this is my honest opinion of the app

If you travel internationally for vacation or business to a country which you may not fully understand the language yet or you want to be positive on what it says then I guarantee that this is the app for you! Okay here’s the thing, I work as an international consultant where I get paid to go from one country to another in a short period of time promoting what my company has to offer to very large industries, I can speak some Japanese, French & German but not very well and when I’m out a good example for me using this app is in China when I went to a restaurant I found it very hard to read the menu considering I’m horrible at Mandarin so I got out my iPhone and scan the menu items and this app translates them in real time so all’s I have to do is put the little cross hair over the word and voila Roast Duck. Another great thing that the app helps with is when I am driving past signs on the highway all I have to do is point the cross hair and bingo take the exit! I find it amazing how technology has changed over the years, who knows what’s in store for the next few. I just wanted to say a quick thanks to the Penpower team, you guys are awesome!
-Andrew

I have been waiting so long for an app like this to come out, within my business I have to travel a lot and it is a pain not knowing how to get to some places half the time and going through a translator trying to translate what a sign says so I would be standing there for quite a while trying to read one sign, with this app, it’s amazing you can take a photo of a sign if you don’t know what it says and it will translate it for you into English instantly, I love using this app to translate overseas it really does help me out. Not to mention this app works as a translator as well it can translate full sentences and even has a dictionary function to specify what some words mean if you are unsure. So in my onion this is definitely the best translation app I have ever come across and my favourite function would be the touch and translate feature with you tap an image and it translates it instantly I tell you what PenPower Tech I honestly cannot wait until your next release! Your apps so far are amazing! Thanks keep up the great work!