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in translation

idiom

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

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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 The group also argued Latino families were excluded from the process by being denied interpretation at meetings and said delays in translation occurred. Alec Johnson, jsonline.com, 13 Nov. 2025 And as in the film – how much actually gets lost in translation? Annika Pham, Variety, 13 Nov. 2025 In fact, at least 50 members of the Association of University Presses currently publish books in translation every year. Literary Hub, 10 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 27 Nov. 2025.

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