How to say "machine-readable" in Japanese
Choosing the right word
- マシンが読み取り可能マシンがよみとりかのうna-adjectiveCovers the sense of data or documents a computer can read. A transparent descriptive phrase, literally 'a machine can read it'; a less common choice, used when spelling the idea out in plain words.
- 機械可読きかいかどくna-adjective, no-adjectiveCovers the same sense: data or files that a computer can read and process. A compact technical term, the kind found in technical writing on data formats and specifications; also a less common choice.
Both words cover the one sense of 'machine-readable' — data or files a computer can read and process; 機械可読 is a compact technical term, 「マシンが読み取り可能」 a spelled-out descriptive phrase, and both are less common choices.
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Japanese equivalents
- マシンが読み取り可能マシンがよみとりかのうmachine-readable
- 機械可読きかいかどくmachine-readable


