In other words, you hold up your phone to the Chinese language text and the app translates the text into English.

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Utsushite Hon'yaku translates short written text between Japanese and either English, Chinese or Korean.

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Earlier this summer a Chinese-American, Chen Shizheng, pulled together the original text, and put on a full-scale production in Shanghai, over several nights, with local performers.

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