Original sentence: As a method of creating reproductions for mass consumption, movable type has been superseded by advent of offset printing.However, a modernized version of the ancient Chinese version of movable type is still used, to some degree, in East Asian countries like South Korea, Japan, the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the island nation of the Republic of China (Taiwan).However, this does not appear to have had a significant impact on culture and society at the time.Movable type printing as a method of reproduction was invented in Germany by Johann Gutenberg in the 1440s, independently of Chinese technology.Printing methods based on Gutenberg's version of the printing press spread rapidly throughout first Europe and then the rest of the world, replacing the ancient Chinese block printing as well as the Chinese version of porcelain based movable type printing press, and making it the most widely used version of movable type printing in the modern world.The movable type mechanical printing device for making copies of identical text on multiple sheets of paper.The world's first movable type printing press was invented in China in the 11th century, later being spread to Korea, then a Chinese vassal state
Edited sentence: It was invented in Germany by the engraver Johann Gutenberg in 1440.Printing methods based on Gutenberg's printing press spread rapidly throughout first Europe and then the rest of the world, replacing most block printing and making it the sole progenitor of modern movable type printing.The movable type mechanical printing device for making copies of identical text on multiple sheets of paper As a method of creating reproductions for mass consumption, movable type has been superseded by advent of offset printing