この工場ではロボットが従業員に取って代わった。

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English Translation

Robots have taken the place of men in this factory.

Furigana

この工場(こうじょう)ではロボットが従業員(じゅうぎょういん)に取(と)って代(か)わった。

Romanji

Kono kōjō de wa robotto ga jūgyōin ni totte kawatta.

Words

此の (この)

this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)

工場 (こうじょう、こうば)

factory; plant; mill; workshop

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

ロボット (ロボット)

robot

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

従業員 (じゅうぎょういん)

employee; worker

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

取る (とる)

to take; to pick up; to harvest; to earn; to win; to choose; to steal; to eat; to have (a meal); to remove (one's glasses, etc.); to compete (in sumo, cards, etc.); to play

替わる (かわる)

to succeed; to relieve; to replace; to take the place of; to substitute for; to take over for; to represent; to be exchanged; to change (places with); to switch