1. A method of translating text using a mobile device, comprising: when a camera of the mobile device is pointed at a first text string in a first language, displaying an image/video of the first text string in the first language in a display of the mobile device; when a translation option is selected on the mobile device and the first text string is displayed in the first language on the display, obtaining a translation of the first text string into a second text string in a second language that has been associated with the user of the mobile device or the mobile device; and after a translation of the first text string into a second text string in a second language is obtained, displaying in the display of the mobile device the second text string in the second language transposed over the image/video captured by the camera.