Smartcat's AI makes it easy to translate a scanned document from Japanese to English. Our platform uses advanced OCR to handle images and PDFs, so you can access important information from your files with ease.
Over 1,000 leading global businesses, including 20% of the Fortune 500, use Smartcat for their AI translation needs.
Whether you need to translate a scanned document from Japanese to English or translate a scanned Korean document, Smartcat has you covered. Our AI supports over 80 file types, turning unreadable images into useful translated documents in minutes.
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Get started now and see how to translate a scanned document from Japanese to English with incredible speed and accuracy. Our platform handles over 80 file types, including scanned PDFs, JPGs, and more.
It's simple with Smartcat. Just upload your scanned Japanese document, select English as the target language, and run the AI translation. Our platform uses OCR to read the text from the image, translates it, and provides a new document with the layout preserved.
Yes, absolutely. You can use Smartcat to translate a scanned Korean document, or documents in over 280 other languages. The process is the same for any language pair you need.
Smartcat's AI delivers over 95% accuracy on the first pass. Our AI understands context to provide high-quality translations. For perfect results, you can have a professional reviewer check the output.
Smartcat handles many image-based files. You can upload scanned PDFs, JPGs, PNGs, and GIFs. Our OCR technology extracts the text for translation from all these formats and more.
Yes. Don't waste time on reformatting. We rebuild your document in the target language. Images, tables, and columns stay exactly where they should be.
Smartcat is trusted by over 1,000 global companies. Our platform combines powerful AI with expert human review. This ensures you get fast, accurate, and budget-friendly translations for any content type.
For content that needs to be perfect, a human reviewer is key. AI provides a high-quality first draft quickly. A professional reviewer then finalizes the details for accuracy and cultural nuance. This expert-enabled AI workflow gives you the best of both worlds.
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