For $10 per language, you can download them to your iPod, and get native language-spoken audio files to go along with each phrase, so even if you mangle the pronunciation, you can play the phrases to the person you're trying to speak to. It's just for Mac now, but a Windows version is coming soon.
http://www.talkingpanda.com/- Each translator comes stocked with over 300 phrases.
Categories include:
Getting Directions, Dining, Making Friends, and Entertainment, just to name a few.
Audio files created by native speakers provide proper pronunciation for all included phrases.
Windows version coming soon.
Installing Talking Panda will create a numbered backup of your current notes, accessible when the iPod is mounted.
