Copier translates from Japanese to English


Translators may soon be out of job in Japan. Fuji has unveiled its new copier which can tranlate from Japanese to English, Chinese or Korean, or vice versa at the flip of a switch. What is even more interesting is that while tranlsating it preserves formatting. The secret lies in networking the copier with a server in which algorithms of translation, text extraction, line recognition etc. can be run.
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