Shanzhai has undoubtedly broadened the availability of modern technology to many in Asia who previously might not have been able to afford "the real thing."

毫无置疑，山寨使得许多亚洲人民使用现代科技产品变得可能，他们是负担不起正版的产品的。

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They are now looking for the small, the precious, the 'real thing', and this is precisely what many of the companies participating in the initiative do best.

他们现在寻找小的，珍贵的真实的事情，并且这正是许多公司参与主动要做的最好的。

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No matter how many bones or how good your MOCAP hardware is, the result will be an approximation of the real thing.

不管人形有多少块骨骼，或你的MOCAP(动作捕捉)硬件如何，其结果都将是真实事物的近似表现。

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The exhibition brings together many versions of his Sunflowers, and although it is not as good as the real thing, it's still quite something to see them on page after page in the book.

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This essential piece of documentation will not replace the real thing, but many users said having it handy can save time in emergency situations.

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Many Japanese seem to like robot versions of living creatures precisely because they are different from the real thing.

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