in translation

phrase

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

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Some of them had a bit of trouble communicating in English, leaving me and other guests feeling like something was lost in translation. Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 July 2026 The hallucination problem – where models generate fluent but factually incorrect text – is especially acute in translation because the reviewer often cannot read the source language. Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026 Remarkably, for all its growth, nothing has been lost in translation. Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 13 Apr. 2026 The effect heightens the romanticism of characters who are no longer lost to us in translation. Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2026 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 23 Jul. 2026.

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