System and method for automatic translation of documents scanned by multifunctional printer machines

A system for translating documents having a multifunctional printer machine, the system comprising:

• a processor;
• a computer-readable storage medium in communication with the processor, the computer-readable storage medium comprising one or more programming instructions for:
• capturing an image of a document;
• determining regions of the document captured that include original text;
• performing optical character recognition of the regions of the document captured that include the original text;
• determining a source language corresponding to the original text directly on the multifunctional printer machine;
• displaying a plurality of target languages on the multifunctional printer machine;
• receiving a selected target language from a user in response to the displaying the plurality of target languages on the multifunctional printer machine, wherein the selected target language is selected from the plurality of target languages;
• performing language translation of the regions of the document captured that include the original text into translated text in accordance with the source language and the selected target language;
• displaying a plurality of page layout templates on the multifunctional printer machine;
• receiving one or more page layout templates from the user in response to the displaying the plurality of page layout templates on the multifunctional printer machine, wherein the one or more page layout templates are selected from the plurality of page layout templates, the one or more page layout templates having multiple pre designated areas for receiving the original text and the translated text;
• and
• outputting one or more printouts in accordance with the one or more page layout templates, the one or more printouts comprising (i) the original text in the source language and (ii) the translated text in the selected target language.