Google has been scanning the pages of those books and others as part of its plan to bring a digital library and bookstore, unprecedented in scope, to computer screens across the United States.

作为其建立数字图书馆和书店计划的一部分，谷歌已经开始扫描这些“孤儿书”和其他书籍，该计划规模史无前例，意欲遍及全美。

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Google has been working with U. S. libraries and several European publishers to build its digital library by scanning millions of books since 2004.

自2004年以来，谷歌一直在与美国图书馆和数家欧洲出版商携手创建其数字化图书馆，扫描了数百万部图书。

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Google wants to create a digital library of all the world's books.

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Google's plans to establish a digital library have hit several buffers.

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If Google scans copyrighted books into its library database, the digital copies might be misused and laws will be broken, says Peter Givler, executive director of the Association of American University Presses.

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