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mirgcire -

I saw a picture in the local newspaper of a guy holding a cigar like thing over a book, and the
caption said something like 'Chinese Ambassador XYZ presents a pen that reads chinese as a gift to
someone important". Does anyone know of such a device? It sounds pretty cool. If it had an LED
read out with pinyin and english, that would be spectacular.



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gato -

Someone asked about this a while ago:
http://www. /showth...&highlight=pen
Chinese scanning dictionary pen?










ZhouNuosi -

Would it still be spectacular if we all lost our jobs because of that pen?
Sinologists should be hoping that pen is rubbish..

We're being replaced by technology!










chabuduo -

I'm thinking that this kind of device would only stand to save someone a bit of time by providing
them with character recognition, pinyin, and maybe a definition or two. But I'd still prefer to
double check the characters manually in my 现代汉语词典：2002年增补本.
Whilst on that topic, does anyone know of a dictionary better than the aforementioned, for general
purpose use?

As for the translation properties of the pen, I wouldn't be too excited, or worried (depending on
your profession) as English/Chinese (vice-versa) translating technologies are still no match for
humans.










imron -



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But I'd still prefer to double check the characters manually in my
现代汉语词典：2002年增补本.
Whilst on that topic, does anyone know of a dictionary better than the aforementioned, for general
purpose use?

Nope. That dictionary rocks. I have the same 2002 edition albeit it is now literally held together
by tape.










chabuduo -

Same here, but with rubber-bands too.












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