Japanese -English translation software

There does not seem to have been much development in this area in the past decade. Neocor has disappeared and Lernout & Hauspie spectacularly imploded. Kanjikit has been withdrawn. I was lucky enough to pick up a copy of Lernout & Hauspie’s Professional Translator Pro 7 at a supermarket.

There is some free software of the word-processor/dictionary variety (for example jwpce)

As for Japanese- enabled OCR (essential for speeding up translation work), there is little choice and none of it is shareware or freeware.

With translation software, the good news is that there are free Web translators available, the bad news is that if you require the convenience of a PC-based translator, there is little choice and again none of it is shareware or freeware.
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