Information processing system, information processing apparatus, and information processing method

An information processing apparatus comprising:

• an acquiring unit that acquires first information that includes image data;
• a first determining unit that determines a translation source language that indicates a language used in the image data in accordance with a result of a character recognition operation during which a character included in the image data is recognized and text data is generated;
• a second determining unit that determines that a language used for a display in an information processing apparatus is a translation target language;
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• a transmitting unit that transmits, to a translation server that performs a translation, the text data that is represented by using the translation source language, information that indicates the translation source language, and information that indicates the translation target language.

An information processing method performed by an information processing apparatus, the information processing method comprising:

• acquiring first information that includes image data;
• determining a translation source language that indicates a language used in the image data in accordance with a result of a character recognition operation during which a character included in the image data is recognized and text data is generated;
• determining that a language used for a display in the information processing apparatus is a translation target language;
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• transmitting, to a translation server that performs a translation, the text data that is represented by using the translation source language, information that indicates the translation source language, and information that indicates the translation target language.