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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
Dearborn Heights Police Department posted a design for a police badge option similar to its current design with the addition of Arabic translations for the English words.
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Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Vivian Chen, a Taiwanese traveler who goes to South Korea three or four times a year, says the translations on the South Korean apps are often confusing.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
There is a slight learning curve to get used to the timing between translations, but conversations flow remarkably quickly.
—PC Magazine, 4 Sep. 2025
Nine Lives publishes Hebrew translations of modern classics and contemporary international literature.
—Uriel Kon
september 2, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025
Gemini Nano, Google’s on-device AI model, delivers translations in your own voice, and even live photography coaching.
—Dave Altavilla, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
One video included translations of the foreign-language background chatter during a call in which Pierogi is impersonating an elderly woman.
—Alex Riggins, Mercury News, 29 Aug. 2025
But for those not named Mariah, literal translations are hard to pull off.
—Gráinne O'Hara Belluomo, WWD, 23 Dec. 2024
And in three different English translations.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 13 Dec. 2024
Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Vivian Chen, a Taiwanese traveler who goes to South Korea three or four times a year, says the translations on the South Korean apps are often confusing.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
There is a slight learning curve to get used to the timing between translations, but conversations flow remarkably quickly.
—PC Magazine, 4 Sep. 2025
Nine Lives publishes Hebrew translations of modern classics and contemporary international literature.
—Uriel Kon
september 2, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025
Gemini Nano, Google’s on-device AI model, delivers translations in your own voice, and even live photography coaching.
—Dave Altavilla, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
One video included translations of the foreign-language background chatter during a call in which Pierogi is impersonating an elderly woman.
—Alex Riggins, Mercury News, 29 Aug. 2025
But for those not named Mariah, literal translations are hard to pull off.
—Gráinne O'Hara Belluomo, WWD, 23 Dec. 2024
And in three different English translations.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 13 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for translations
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The summaries below were drafted with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists in our News division.—
Real-Time News team,
Miami Herald,
8 Sep. 2025
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These summaries read like a bad high school essay and insult your audience's intelligence.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 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 12 Sep. 2025.
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