Robot as Translator

Your Next Translator In Japan Might Be A Robot

Adnan Farooqui | October 4, 2015

Over the past three years Japan has seen a rapid increase in the number of foreign tourists coming to the country, figures from Japan Tourism Marketing show that close to 2 million visitors arrived in the country in July 2015 alone. There’s a substantial language barrier for most visitors some of which choose to rely upon translators, but it’s quite likely that your next translator in Japan might be a robot, particularly if you visit next year.

Papero has lent its translation ability to tourists. Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3513623.stm (2004) 

<more at http://www.ubergizmo.com/2015/10/your-next-translator-in-japan-might-be-a-robot/; http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3513623.stm (Robo-talk helps pocket translator. March 4, 2004) and http://mashable.com/2015/10/03/robot-translators-japan/ (Tourists in Japan could get robot translators starting next year. October 4, 2015)>