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Definition translation in American English

translation noun

noun
/trænsˈleɪʃ(ə)n/
1

spoken or written words that have been changed into a different language

Example

Which translation of Don Quixote are you reading?

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Anglo anglophone bilingual
Example

Most legal translation is done by lawyers with foreign language training.

Example

Try to read Baudelaire in the original and not in translation.

Example

The complex rhyming patterns of these poems are totally lost in translation.

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Anglo anglophone bilingual
1.2

a word or phrase that means the same thing as a word or phrase in a different language

Example

"Goodbye" is probably the best translation of "Au revoir."

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acrostic adjacency pair Americanism
Definition translation in American English