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an instance of expressing something in different words had to read Dante's Divine Comedy in translation since I don't know Italian

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“Translation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/translation. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.

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