http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/nec-develops-real-time-english-to-japanese-mobile-translation-so/ Engadget Comments for NEC develops real-time Japanese-to-English mobile translation software http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/nec-develops-real-time-english-to-japanese-mobile-translation-so/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/nec-develops-real-time-english-to-japanese-mobile-translation-so/Nov 30th 2007 11:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/nec-develops-real-time-english-to-japanese-mobile-translation-so/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/nec-develops-real-time-english-to-japanese-mobile-translation-so/Nov 30th 2007 12:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/nec-develops-real-time-english-to-japanese-mobile-translation-so/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/nec-develops-real-time-english-to-japanese-mobile-translation-so/Nov 30th 2007 3:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/nec-develops-real-time-english-to-japanese-mobile-translation-so/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/nec-develops-real-time-english-to-japanese-mobile-translation-so/http://jp.blognation.com/2007/11/28/docomo-first-mobile-to-provide-voice-translation/]]>Nov 30th 2007 11:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/nec-develops-real-time-english-to-japanese-mobile-translation-so/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/nec-develops-real-time-english-to-japanese-mobile-translation-so/
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can understand around 50,000 Japanese words and translate them to English text

So, I'm presuming it's Japanese to English, and not English to Japanese.

Good job there.]]>Nov 30th 2007 12:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/nec-develops-real-time-english-to-japanese-mobile-translation-so/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/nec-develops-real-time-english-to-japanese-mobile-translation-so/Nov 30th 2007 2:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/nec-develops-real-time-english-to-japanese-mobile-translation-so/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/nec-develops-real-time-english-to-japanese-mobile-translation-so/
phones on the japanese DoCoMo network doesn't work on GMS networks used everywhere else in the world, so why would anyone bring their japanese phone with them on a international trip? unless NEC also makes a DoCoMo/GSM dual band phone, this technology is better served by a PDA or a electronic dictionary...]]>Nov 30th 2007 12:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/nec-develops-real-time-english-to-japanese-mobile-translation-so/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/nec-develops-real-time-english-to-japanese-mobile-translation-so/Nov 30th 2007 2:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/nec-develops-real-time-english-to-japanese-mobile-translation-so/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/nec-develops-real-time-english-to-japanese-mobile-translation-so/Nov 30th 2007 11:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/nec-develops-real-time-english-to-japanese-mobile-translation-so/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/nec-develops-real-time-english-to-japanese-mobile-translation-so/I know I take my phone everywhere with me, regardless of whether it`s going to work there or not. I usually use it as an alarm clock and to call people from the airport, etc, when I get home.

I would guess that most Japanese consumers do the same. People get attached to their phones.]]>Dec 1st 2007 5:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/nec-develops-real-time-english-to-japanese-mobile-translation-so/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/nec-develops-real-time-english-to-japanese-mobile-translation-so/
I can read and write, and comprehend quite a bit of spoken.

I have a feeling that this wont really do that well.]]>Nov 30th 2007 12:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/nec-develops-real-time-english-to-japanese-mobile-translation-so/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/nec-develops-real-time-english-to-japanese-mobile-translation-so/Nov 30th 2007 2:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/nec-develops-real-time-english-to-japanese-mobile-translation-so/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/nec-develops-real-time-english-to-japanese-mobile-translation-so/Nov 30th 2007 2:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/nec-develops-real-time-english-to-japanese-mobile-translation-so/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/nec-develops-real-time-english-to-japanese-mobile-translation-so/Nov 30th 2007 2:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/nec-develops-real-time-english-to-japanese-mobile-translation-so/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/nec-develops-real-time-english-to-japanese-mobile-translation-so/Dec 1st 2007 3:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/nec-develops-real-time-english-to-japanese-mobile-translation-so/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/nec-develops-real-time-english-to-japanese-mobile-translation-so/Dec 1st 2007 5:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/nec-develops-real-time-english-to-japanese-mobile-translation-so/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/nec-develops-real-time-english-to-japanese-mobile-translation-so/Dec 1st 2007 10:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/nec-develops-real-time-english-to-japanese-mobile-translation-so/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/nec-develops-real-time-english-to-japanese-mobile-translation-so/is it gamba]]>Dec 4th 2007 2:11AM