TRANSLATION Synonyms: 17 Similar and Opposite Words

translation

noun

tran(t)s-ˈlā-shən

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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Recent Examples of translation The fourth stage is political translation. —

Donathan L. Brown, The Conversation, 24 June 2026 Has this reignited the controversies surrounding you and your translation? —

Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 23 June 2026 Not translation, but composition. —

Spencer Elliott, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026 Zemmour’s 2014 polemic The Suicide of France was recently released in English translation by Encounter Books, as the divisive and influential European anti-immigration politics of the 2010s remain current across the Atlantic. —

Ben Smith, semafor.com, 22 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for translation

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translating

Noun

Writing and translating had become my only job.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 May 2026
For both captioning and translating, the Captify app records transcriptions of whatever runs through the glasses.

— Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 29 Apr. 2026