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Well, competition in the tech industry is increasingly cutthroat, but may be even more so in Japan. 
科技產業的競爭越來越激烈，在日本可能更是如此。

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Well, the country has been pioneering the latest in tech gadgets and graphics for years. 
這個國家多年來一直是最新科技產品及繪圖技術的先驅。

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Well, now as Kyung Lah reports, they're putting those skills into pop music, that is.
根據景蘭報導，他們正把這些技術導入流行音樂當中，請看。

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The picture of perfection. Pop singer Aimi Eguchi, part of Japan's hottest girl group, has flawless features, an angelic voice to match. 
完美的形象。流行歌手江口愛實是日本當紅女子團體的一員，擁有完美無暇的五官，並配上天使般的聲音。

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Too bad Aimi isn't real. She's a computer generated image built from the best features of six of the real-life members of AKB48.
可惜江口愛實不是真的。她是電腦繪圖的影像，用 AKB48 六位真實成員最好看的臉部特徵做成的。

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Japan's biggest pop band pulled off a stunt, creating Aimi for a commercial to show the power of the country's computer technology. 
日本陣容最大的流行樂團完成一項噱頭，為一個廣告創造了江口愛實，藉此展現該國電腦科技的實力。

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The creative team behind Aimi call her their dream girl.
江口愛實背後的創意團隊稱她為他們的夢幻女郎。

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Have you created the perfect pop star?
你們創造出了完美的流行巨星嗎？

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Completely. Yes. Perfect.
一點也沒錯。是的，完美。

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Aimi fooled even hard-core fans for a week. And now that they know the truth, they still say they love her.
江口愛實甚至欺騙了忠實粉絲一週。既然他們知道實情了，他們仍說他們愛她。

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She's not the only virtual singing sensation in Japan. 
她並不是日本唯一一位造成轟動的虛擬歌手。

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Meet Miku Hatsune, pop star and giant hologram, performing live before thousands of adoring Japanese fans. 
見過初音未來，流行巨星暨巨型立體投影人物，在數千名愛慕的日本歌迷前現場演出。

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She makes her U.S. debut in a sold-out 4th of July weekend concert in Los Angeles. 
她於美國首次登台是在洛杉磯舉辦的一場七月四日週末演唱會，門票銷售一空。

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But as you can see, she's already a megastar at home.
但你可以看到，她在家鄉已經是個超級巨星了。

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So all of this begs the question: how long before a computer graphic gives a human singer a run for the money? 
這一切引人提問：還有多久電腦繪圖將與人類歌手一較高下呢？

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Well, here in Japan it's already happening. 
在日本這裡，這已經發生了。

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Miku had a pop album that topped Japan's charts last year and this year, and she even has her own commercial deal.
初音未來發行過流行音樂專輯，去年和今年都攻佔了日本排行榜冠軍，她甚至擁有個人廣告合約。

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Introducing the new 2011 Toyota Corolla. It's the official car of Hatsune Miku.
為您介紹二零一一年全新的豐田 Corolla，這是初音未來的官方用車。

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Yes, that's Japan's biggest automaker using a hologram instead of a Hollywood star to sell the Corolla.
沒錯，日本最大的車商用立體投影人物來推銷 Corolla，而非好萊塢明星。

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Aimi's creators say, prepare yourself, you are looking at entertainment's future.
江口愛實的創造者說，準備好，你正在觀看娛樂圈的未來。

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Do you believe that CG could one day replace the human pop star?
你相信電腦繪圖有一天能取代人類的流行巨星嗎？

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"I very much believe so," 
「我非常相信，」

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says Takatoshi Nakao. "We used to enjoy searching for the singers we love, but we're entering an era where we'll just create them."
中尾隆俊說：「我們以前喜愛搜尋我們喜愛的歌手，但是我們即將進入一個時代，只要把他們創造出來就行了。」

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One drawback, say fans, is you can't exactly high-five a computerized pop star. 
有一個缺點，粉絲說，那就是你不能真的和電腦流行巨星擊掌。

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But hey, maybe technology will even fix that so that one day we can say computer graphics killed the video star.
不過，也許科技甚至可以解決這問題，如此一來，有一天我們就可以說電腦斷絕了影視巨星的生路。