translations

plural of translation
as in summaries
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 In Dallas, a recent $120-million tech upgrade will give local police body cameras capable of real-time translations, helping law enforcement communicate with international visitors soon to descend on the region. Jake Offenhartz, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2026 The new rules will also mandate translations at public conferences, and raise standards for how the language is taught in schools. Manal Albarakati, semafor.com, 1 June 2026 Daniel Hahn is a writer, editor, and translator, whose translations from Portuguese, Spanish, and French include fiction from Europe, Africa, and the Americas. Literary Hub, 29 May 2026 His translations of prose and poetry have appeared in Blackbox Manifold, The White Review, Tentacular, Asymptote, Words Without Borders, Seedings, The Johannesburg Review of Books, The Washington Square Review, and others. Amer Matar, The Dial, 26 May 2026 Local officials began posting translations on street signs and offering classes in schools. Katie Thornton, Harpers Magazine, 26 May 2026 The translations have attracted recognition, too. Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 May 2026 Both reiterated, however, that the investigation was still active and the translations almost complete. Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 11 May 2026 What Olga has made clear, even through rough translations, are the dire conditions she’s faced in prison. Christopher Cann, USA Today, 10 May 2026
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Noun
  • ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude and Gemini are gaining market share as a first stop for category research, vendor shortlists, executive due diligence and analyst-grade summaries.
    Dean Trevelino, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
  • Attorneys have argued that CBP revealed enough information through the investigative summaries prepared by the Texas Rangers and a report released by CBP’s Office of Professional Responsibility.
    Josh Margolin, ABC News, 12 June 2026
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  • Some of the suspects try to minimize their actions with euphemisms or paraphrases; others do so with explanations that the prosecutors find utterly implausible.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 19 Feb. 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
  • 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 14 Jun. 2026.

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