翻訳機(ほんやくき)

ほんやくき
noun
translation device; translation machine
technology
1. translation device; (automatic) translation machine
A device or machine that automatically translates between languages, typically a handheld gadget that converts speech or text from one language to another. Built from 翻訳(ほんやく) (translation) + 機(き) (machine).
翻訳機(ほんやくき)を使(つか)って話(はな)した。
I spoke using a translation device.
最近(さいきん)の翻訳機(ほんやくき)は性能(せいのう)がとてもいい。
Recent translation devices perform very well.
海外旅行(かいがいりょこう)では、小型(こがた)の翻訳機(ほんやくき)があると言葉(ことば)の心配(しんぱい)が減(へ)る。
On overseas trips, having a compact translation device reduces worries about the language.

Refers to a physical device for automatic translation, as opposed to translation software in general. Such gadgets became popular for travel as machine-translation quality improved.

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