Vertical Japanese and classical layouts
Vertical text is where general translation tools fail most reliably. Characters run top to bottom and right to left, and reading them with horizontal assumptions produces sentences in scrambled order — every word recognisable, the whole meaningless.
Geyi handles vertical layouts specifically: recognition follows the vertical reading order, two-page spreads and multi-column pages are corrected automatically, and the translation comes back set horizontally.
Layouts handled automatically
- Vertical Japanese and vertical Chinese: recognised and output horizontally.
- Two-page spreads: restored as one reading order across the spread, with no need to split pages yourself.
- Multi-column pages: restored column by column rather than swept across.
- Captions and marginal notes: kept with the layout they belong to rather than dropped into the body text.
Extract first, or translate directly
If you need the original text out of a classical work for research, use document extraction: 4 credits a page, extraction only, output in the original language as Word, PDF, TXT or Markdown.
If you need to read the content, go straight to file translation on AI reflow, which recognises and translates in one pass. When you are unsure about recognition quality, extracting one page first is the cheapest way to find out.
Common obstacles with old material
Reproduction quality decides most of it: clean print scanned straight is recognised best, while yellowed paper, ink bleed and skewed scans all make it harder. Variant and archaic character forms may be normalised to modern shapes.
For textual scholarship, treat the translation as a reading aid and take key conclusions from the original.
Frequently asked questions
Will vertical text come back scrambled?
No. Recognition follows the vertical reading order from the start, and spreads and multi-column pages are corrected automatically.
Is the translation still vertical?
No — output is horizontal throughout, which reads better on screen and is easier to edit afterwards.
How is it billed?
Vertically set originals are usually scans, so they take the recognition path used by AI reflow: 8 credits a page on high precision, 4 on standard, with a 10-credit minimum per file.
Can I get the original text without translation?
Yes — use document extraction at 4 credits a page, which extracts without translating.
Are archaic character forms recognised?
Most are, though they may be normalised to modern forms. For textual research, work from the original.
Does this work for classical Chinese texts?
Yes. Vertical Chinese takes the same recognition path as vertical Japanese, with the same reading-order correction.
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