translation
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2.0
- noun
- /trænˈsleɪʃən/
:
transformación
- The new world confronts Columbus with the problems of representation in language, of translation and metaphor.
- translation process
- foreign currency translation
- currency translation
That's perhaps a better a better translation of to a better pointer.
- That's perhaps a better a better translation of to a better pointer.
- So what Intel did cleverly and amazingly is they had their chips in hardware do a translation step.
- Of all the platforms, it is the second highest session length on our site, which has a higher translation over to contacts and downstream things like money.
Examples
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All students in the small group are then able to make mental translations of shapes to create pictures.
Academic text (2013) -
But the translation specifically in Japanese has improved tremendously.
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So it's not a bad fit, but it is a curious translation choice.
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So throughout these letters and their English translation, we see references to the wise.
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However, the online curriculum was not simply a translation of the existing courses into an online format.
Academic text (2015) -
Because those words are lost, An Autobiography is a translation for which no original exists.
Academic text (1994) -
Sia will now kindly provide us an English translation of the poem he has just performed.
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The novel, however, explores translation as a fraught yet necessary "creative act" (3).
Academic text (2013) -
Ironically, the novel itself contains translations from the medium of film to that of narrative.
Academic text (1990) -
The translation of the novel made it accessible to a wider audience who do not read the original language.
Synonyms
241
3.7
A complete change in form or appearance, for example a caterpillar becoming a butterfly
102
3.3
A change made to something
77
3.5
Changing something from one form or unit to another
9
7.5
A complete sudden change that makes someone or something very different
3
8.6
A change of something into a different form
1
5.0
A version of a text written in another language
1
9.0
A big change in appearance that makes something more beautiful or special
A process when something becomes a different form or condition
A process where two or more things change into each other and back, for example energy and matter
Compounds
- Specialized
1
3.5
A computer program that changes text or speech from one language into another
- Specialized
A word or phrase made by changing each part of a foreign phrase to keep its meaning
How Different
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Translation comes from Latin parts trans- 'across' and a root meaning 'to carry', the same idea you see in transfer. So changing an idea from one form to another is like 'carrying' that idea 'across' into a new shape or material.