as in translating
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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Obviously, as a mouse study, translation to human subjects is not guaranteed.
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Perhaps most notably, Apple added live translation.
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Live translation, Apple Intelligence What is exciting, at least for some, is the ability to do live translation on phone calls.
—Larry Magid, Mercury News, 11 Sep. 2025
Copyright © 2025 by Natsuo Kirino, translation copyright © 2025 translated by Lisa Hofmann-Kuroda.
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New Atlas, 11 Sep. 2025
Perhaps most notably, Apple added live translation.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Live translation, Apple Intelligence What is exciting, at least for some, is the ability to do live translation on phone calls.
—Larry Magid, Mercury News, 11 Sep. 2025
Copyright © 2025 by Natsuo Kirino, translation copyright © 2025 translated by Lisa Hofmann-Kuroda.
—Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2025
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“Translation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/translation. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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