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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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Recent Examples of translations
To obtain a residence permit, applicants must provide evidence of their stay in Bulgaria, a clean criminal record certificate from their country of residence, translations of any foreign documents into Bulgarian, and meet the official minimum income threshold of $36,168 USD per year.
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Celia Fernandez, CNBC, 10 Jan. 2026
Bang’s unconventional approach was inspired by an encounter with a medley of 47 different English translations of the Inferno’s famous first three lines assembled by the poet Caroline Bergvall.
—Eric Bulson, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2026
Fashioning an English version out of Molière’s hexameter is notoriously difficult, particularly because the poet Richard Wilbur already dominates the field, with a shelf’s worth of intricate lacework translations.
—Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2025
The My Faith Assistant app helps provide scriptural translations to tens of thousands of users.
—Brian Unger, CBS News, 16 Dec. 2025
When the mind of a bilingual child mirrors absurd translations, their poetic misinterpretations can accidentally produce multiple meanings — and create puns.
—Elaina Patton, IndieWire, 15 Dec. 2025
Instead of peering down at your phone at every corner to find your way around a new city, or glancing down to see translations during a conversation with a foreign language speaker, glasses like Google’s can show and recite information right near your line of sight and in your ear.
—Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 8 Dec. 2025
Some devices lack English translations.
—Maria Bolevich, Interesting Engineering, 7 Dec. 2025
Rejecting the streamlining and modernizing approach of many recent translations, Mendelsohn artfully reproduces the epic’s formal qualities—meter, enjambment, alliteration, assonance—and in so doing restores to Homer’s masterwork its archaic grandeur.
—Literary Hub, 10 Nov. 2025
Celia Fernandez, CNBC, 10 Jan. 2026
Bang’s unconventional approach was inspired by an encounter with a medley of 47 different English translations of the Inferno’s famous first three lines assembled by the poet Caroline Bergvall.
—Eric Bulson, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2026
Fashioning an English version out of Molière’s hexameter is notoriously difficult, particularly because the poet Richard Wilbur already dominates the field, with a shelf’s worth of intricate lacework translations.
—Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2025
The My Faith Assistant app helps provide scriptural translations to tens of thousands of users.
—Brian Unger, CBS News, 16 Dec. 2025
When the mind of a bilingual child mirrors absurd translations, their poetic misinterpretations can accidentally produce multiple meanings — and create puns.
—Elaina Patton, IndieWire, 15 Dec. 2025
Instead of peering down at your phone at every corner to find your way around a new city, or glancing down to see translations during a conversation with a foreign language speaker, glasses like Google’s can show and recite information right near your line of sight and in your ear.
—Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 8 Dec. 2025
Some devices lack English translations.
—Maria Bolevich, Interesting Engineering, 7 Dec. 2025
Rejecting the streamlining and modernizing approach of many recent translations, Mendelsohn artfully reproduces the epic’s formal qualities—meter, enjambment, alliteration, assonance—and in so doing restores to Homer’s masterwork its archaic grandeur.
—Literary Hub, 10 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for translations
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The new feature will be a hub where people can upload their medical records, including lab results, visit summaries, and clinical history.—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
9 Jan. 2026
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The full bill texts are not yet available online and the Chiefs are not explicitly named in any of the three bill summaries.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
8 Jan. 2026
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Nor is the sheer weight of restatements in Barcelona’s most recent sets of accounts.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
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Legally require advance public notice, impact estimates and historical restatements when definitions or calculations change.—
Brent Dykes,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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“Translations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/translations. Accessed 18 Jan. 2026.
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