26984 words

translation

6 definitions • 9 examples
1
something that is translated, or the process of translating something, from one language to another:

Examples:

Students will do one Spanish translation a week.
literal translation of A literal translation of "euthanasia" would be "good death".
lose something in translation The English version is boring - maybe it has lost something in translation (= is not as good as the original).
2
changed into someone's own language, not in the original language:

Examples:

She reads Proust in translation.
3
the activity or process of changing the words of one language into the words in another language that have the same meaning:

Examples:

Online translation services are not always as accurate as they should be.
translation software
4
a piece of writing or speech in one language that has been changed into another language:

Examples:

translation from sth Delegates can listen to the translation from the Arabic through headsets.
5
the activity of giving the value of an amount in one currency in a different currency:

Examples:

translation into sth Assets and liabilities denominated in non-US currencies are recorded in the financial statements after translation into US dollars.
6
the activity or process of changing something into a different form:

Examples:

translation of sth (into sth) He said he will focus resources to speed the translation of research into practice.

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