Google Print also complemented efforts within the company to develop perfect machine language translation, which means that some day a scanned book will theoretically be readable in any language, anywhere in the world.

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' Since the translations are generated by machines, not all translation will be perfect.

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The Lindisfarne Gospels contain the oldest surviving translation of the Gospels into the English language and are in almost perfect condition.

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