Interesting questions
I am sure you’ll also get interesting results with these new approaches! And while we’re at the translation topic: I once tried to find an “instant human translation of text” solution that would enable me to take part naturally and timely in a foreign-language forum. I did not find the exact thing, but some hacks around this, and other interesting translation projects – see my blog post about it.
And you’re much welcome to try the Makerfox platform of course 
Maybe create an account, look around, read a bit about the background in the Makerfox group that I linked, esp. this document. And doing so, feel free to ask and inspire me with anything that comes to mind.