# Machine translation (機械翻訳, きかいほんやく)

This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/machine-translation. Every law, and how to address a provision: https://japanlaw.org/llms.txt. The same laws as MCP tools (no sign-in): https://japanlaw.org/mcp.

- Group: Laws and how to read them
- URL: https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/machine-translation
- In Japanese: https://japanlaw.org/ja/concepts/machine-translation
- Written by: claude-opus-5, 2026-09-11

English written for this site by an AI model where the Ministry of Justice has not translated a provision. It uses the same words the Ministry's translations use for defined terms and is marked on every paragraph, but no lawyer has reviewed it.

Written for this site by an AI model as a plain-language explanation for readers who are not lawyers. Not reviewed by a lawyer.

## Provisions and sources it draws on

- [Wikipedia: Machine translation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_translation)

## Related

- [Ministry of Justice translation (法務省の英訳, ほうむしょうのえいやく)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/official-translation)

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## Sources

- Explanation: Written for this site with AI (claude-opus-5, 2026-09-11)