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Mar 4, 2021

It's surprisingly good, with a few exceptions. For some reason, Chinese to English makes for near-gibberish, but Chinese to Russian is shockingly good.

How does that even happen???

But in any case... it feels like we're all screwed in the long run.

[Edited at 2021-03-04 10:29 GMT]
 
Elena Feriani
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Google translate photo translation Mar 4, 2021

Hi Adieu,

Try the camera function in the Google Translate app. In Chinese-English it's very good, for my needs at least. I get reference screenshots in Chinese from a client and I would be lost without it.
 
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Never used it Mar 4, 2021

Elena Feriani wrote:

Hi Adieu,

Try the camera function in the Google Translate app. In Chinese-English it's very good, for my needs at least. I get reference screenshots in Chinese from a client and I would be lost without it.


Full AR or just extract text from stills?

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Elena Feriani
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Full AR Mar 4, 2021

Adieu wrote:

Elena Feriani wrote:

Hi Adieu,

Try the camera function in the Google Translate app. In Chinese-English it's very good, for my needs at least. I get reference screenshots in Chinese from a client and I would be lost without it.


Full AR or just extract text from stills?


I guess it's full AR. I hold my phone in front of the screen and i see the translation appearing in real time on my phone screen as i move the phone around.

You can both upload a still or use your camera.

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