in translation

idiom

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

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Projects get lost in translation and decision-making slows. Hope Horner, Forbes.com, 28 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 An Irish man visiting the United States learned the hard way that some things can easily get lost in translation. Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 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 8 Sep. 2025.

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