On-Site Conversation Translator and Lync Server 2013

To Whom It May Concern,
I'm looking into deploying Lync Server 2013 Standard and I was curious as to whether there is a way to install the Conversation Translator as a service on-site. Meaning not using the service on the Internet. Similar to IBM's Websphere Application
Server where I can install a local instance on a closed network, have Sametime Connect point to that service, and translate the IM conversation.
I remember talking to a few MS folks a couple years ago, and they mentioned that it was going to be available as an add-on (or component) of Lync Server. Is this possible?
Thanks,
Brendan

There is a Client side plugin, take a look at:
http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Lync-2013-Translate-a-conversation-from-one-language-to-another-in-real-time-part-one
http://voipnorm.blogspot.ca/2012/11/lync-2013-enabling-conversation.html
http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/office/Lync-2013-Translate-a-a849e513
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#Lync 2013 ForceShowMyPicture - Compiled by Octavio A. Serpa (Octavio-Admin on TechNet)
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$folderPath = “C:\Lync2013Scripts\Export”
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When I try to run this I get the follow error. Any thoughts?
Update-CsUserData : Unable to cast COM object of type 'System.__ComObject' to interface type
'Microsoft.Rtc.Interop.User.ICsUserManagement'. This operation failed because the QueryInterface call on
the COM component for the interface with IID '{D5ADD966-BDC3-4A8F-BFE8-6A59A9F74CB2}' failed due to the
following error: Class not registered (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80040154 (REGDB_E_CLASSNOTREG)).
At C:\Lync2013Scripts\ForceDisplayPhoto.ps1:113 char:1
+ Update-CsUserData -FileName $folderPath\Lync2013EditedUserData.zip -Confirm:$fal ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: ([email protected]:String) [Update-CsUserData], Invalid
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