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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 Editors of the English translation of his book said on their website that Mori died on Sunday at a Hiroshima hospital. —

ABC News, 17 Mar. 2026 Further research is needed on the cost and benefits of expanding the city’s translation services, including providing simultaneous translation during public meetings, according to the staff report. —

Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 16 Mar. 2026 In the absence of direct translation, Moser learned to abide by the universal languages of basketball and anger. —

Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 15 Mar. 2026 Nanos has had a lot of putting perfume on the pig, missteps, translation, F-ups. —

Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 13 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for translation

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translating

Noun

But the oral histories Katherine conducted, interviewing elderly islanders, with Tepano translating, may have been more valuable still.

— Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
Stephen and Marissa, with assists from many other Register staffers, have already gotten the translating started.

— Rachel E. Stassen-Berger, Des Moines Register, 8 Jan. 2026