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translation

translation

179 2.5
A written text in one language that keeps the meaning of an original text in another language
  • noun
  • /trænˈsleɪʃən/
translation icon : traducción
  • The translator provided a careful translation of the poem that captured its original emotion.
  • English translations
  • interlinear translation
  • Spanish translation

It's not a direct translation, but it occurs in Karl Marx.

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Examples

  • I think the translation is, "Heart speaks to heart," but I may be wrong.

  • And so I got the translation about a week ago.

  • And recently we could get the translation of his book.

  • What is the Spanish translation for library key?

  • Thank you for the translation.

  • Scholars maintain that the translation was lost hundreds of years ago.

  • In 1844, the first totally new English translation since the King James Version appeared.

    Academic text (2015)
  • They're just different English translations of the same Greek term.

  • Nevertheless, his works were extraordinarily popular, and early translations carried his ideas throughout Europe.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Learning a new language often involves understanding the nuances of translation between languages.

Synonyms

version
vstranslation
2.0

A different form of something, like a book or program

denotes specifically a written text rendered from an original language preserving meaning
rendering
vstranslation
1 5.0

A version of a text written in another language

insists on preserving the original meaning rather than allowing interpretation
machine translation
vstranslation
  • Specialized
1 3.5

A computer program that changes text or speech from one language into another

is a written text produced from the original that preserves meaning
interlingual rendition
vstranslation
9.6

A written text in another language that keeps the same meaning

focuses on being produced from the original text rather than only a variant

Compounds

machine translation
  • Specialized
1 3.5

A computer program that changes text or speech from one language into another

A wrong or funny use of English on signs and labels

loan translation
  • Specialized
8.1

A word or phrase made by changing each part of a foreign phrase to keep its meaning

How Faithful

translation
179 2.5
adaptation
60 3.4

Surface Forms

translation singular
translations plural

Morphology

translation = translate (transparent) = translat + ion

The noun 'translation' is clearly derived from the verb 'translate' by adding the suffix '-ion', indicating the action or process.

Etymology

Translation comes from Latin parts trans- 'across' and a root meaning 'to carry', which you can also see in transfer. So a translation is like 'carrying' the meaning of a text 'across' into another language.