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 English translations followed in the early 20th century, including an influential 1910 translation by the British scholar Lionel Giles. Ethan Teekah, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Sep. 2026 Use the arrows to navigate through the letters and English translations. Imtiaz Tyab, CBS News, 9 Sep. 2026 The original may endure, but translations age along with the language and assumptions of the culture that produced them. Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2026 Du Qinchun, a part-time translator, has been helping to train an AI model to do translations. ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026 This new feature can create resources, practice tests, exit tickets, interactive visuals, assignment translations, and family updates. Dan Fitzpatrick, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026 Multiple detainees told volunteers that they are given paperwork solely in English, without translations. Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 18 Aug. 2026 In what we are told is a time of declining literacy and the ‘death of the humanities’, translations of The Odyssey, including mine, are flying off the shelves. Derek Lawrence, Entertainment Weekly, 29 July 2026 Sullivan has seen the change in attitude in the industry from a time in which there were questions about whether cinematic translations would hog all the interest that might otherwise go to keeping the ongoing stage productions going. Chris Willman, Variety, 25 July 2026
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  • Hopefully, the summaries below continue to provide you with a weekly snapshot of each club’s performances across the 2026-27 Premier League.
    Stuart James, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Because many users are content with – or actively prefer – vague, simplified summaries, developers have optimized AI models to cater to that baseline.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Sep. 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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  • In companies experiencing triple-digit growth, small calculation errors could result in multi-million-dollar restatements and a fundamental misunderstanding of burn rate and runway.
    Jordan Zamir, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
  • 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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“Translations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/translations. Accessed 15 Sep. 2026.

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