in translation

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: in translated form
I have only read Dostoyevsky in translation.

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But in hybrid workplaces, where most communication happens in writing (Slack, email, Teams), tone can get lost in translation. Julia Dhar, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025 One of the challenges was how to bring out in translation the different levels of humor in the novel, which is best appreciated, at least in the original German, when it is read aloud. Mark Harman august 8, Literary Hub, 8 Aug. 2025 The four-person cast does an admirable job getting the point across with puppets — a fight between insects turns memorable when the bee loses an antenna — but a chunk gets lost in translation during the show’s latter-half encounters with unruly beavers and a traveling beggar. Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 2 Aug. 2025 Her short prose and poems have been published in translation in Asymptote, World Literature Today, and The Poetry Review, among others. Literary Hub, 18 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for in translation

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“In translation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20translation. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.

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