in translation

idiom

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

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Are things really getting lost in translation at this point? Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 14 Dec. 2025 These coordinators act not only as translators but as patient advocates, accompanying clients into the treatment room to help ensure nothing is lost in translation. Matt Emma, USA Today, 12 Dec. 2025 When the Whales Leave by Yuri Rytkheu and in translation by Ilona Yazhbin Chavasse is available via Angry Robot. Literary Hub, 5 Dec. 2025 Yet the sensation of a work that, in translation from one medium to another, no longer defies gravity but sort of roughly plummets back down to terra firma can’t easily be shaken off. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 18 Nov. 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 18 Dec. 2025.

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