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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Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 25 June 2025
On Monday, Iran launched a missile strike on the Al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar in retaliation against U.S. strikes on its most important nuclear sites over the weekend, according to a NBC News translation of Iranian state TV.
—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 23 June 2025
Change is being declared, but most of it amounts to translation: one process swapped for another, nothing truly reimagined.
—Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 21 June 2025
The Yale Rep production will be directed by Liz Diamond, chair of the directing program at the David Geffen School of Drama, using the standard translation by Derek Prouse as adapted in 2018 by Frank Galati for a production at Asolo Repertory Theatre in Florida.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 18 June 2025
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Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 25 June 2025
On Monday, Iran launched a missile strike on the Al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar in retaliation against U.S. strikes on its most important nuclear sites over the weekend, according to a NBC News translation of Iranian state TV.
—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 23 June 2025
Change is being declared, but most of it amounts to translation: one process swapped for another, nothing truly reimagined.
—Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 21 June 2025
The Yale Rep production will be directed by Liz Diamond, chair of the directing program at the David Geffen School of Drama, using the standard translation by Derek Prouse as adapted in 2018 by Frank Galati for a production at Asolo Repertory Theatre in Florida.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 18 June 2025
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