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translation

noun

tran(t)s-ˈlā-shən

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as in translating

an instance of expressing something in different words had to read Dante's Divine Comedy in translation since I don't know Italian

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Recent Examples of translation But translation services that the court provides during hearings often fall short, Schlake said. — Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2026 From Conrad’s The End of the Tether to Kociancich’s La soga al cuello to Kociancich’s La octava maravilla to this translation The Eighth Wonder—this too has been a journey, one of many possible. — Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2026 Document tools support multi-document chats, translation, presentation creation, and PDF interactions. — Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 25 Aug. 2026 Of course, translation is just one area that can be boosted with AI. — Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for translation

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translating

Noun

With a title translating as The Fables Newspaper, the show took place in a forest filled with anthropomorphic animals where the main character, an owl named Meneer de Uil read headlines from a daily paper.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 19 Aug. 2026
Writing and translating had become my only job.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 May 2026