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the process of changing something that is written or spoken into another language 翻译；译 an error in translation 误译 - translation from something into something
He specializes in translation from Danish into English. 他专门从事把丹麦文译成英文的工作。 - translation from something
The request must have lost something in the translation from the French. 这个请求在法语翻译中一定丢失了什么。 - translation into something
Several books are already in translation into other languages. 几本书已经被翻译成其他语言。 - translation into something
The poems do not survive the translation into English. 这些诗歌译成英语神韵就没了。 - translation of something (into something)
The systems are used for the online translation of text. 这些系统用于文本的在线翻译。 - in translation
The book loses something in translation. 此书在翻译过程中丢失了一些原意。 The irony is lost in translation. 原文的反语用法在翻译中丢失了。 There will be simultaneous translation in English and Chinese. 会有英语和汉语的同声翻译。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- accurate
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- in translation
- translation from
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- lose something in
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a text or word that has been changed from one language into another 译文；译本；译作 - translation of something
The usual translation of ‘glasnost’ is ‘openness’. glasnost 一词通常译为 openness（公开性）。 a copy of Dryden’s translation of the Aeneid 一本德莱顿翻译的史诗《埃涅阿斯纪》 A full English translation of this speech is widely available on the internet. 这篇演讲的完整英文翻译在网上随处可见。 a rough translation (= not translating everything exactly) 粗略的翻译 a literal translation (= following the original words exactly) 直译 a free translation (= not following the original words exactly) 意译 a word-for-word translation 字字对应的翻译 - in translation
I have only read Tolstoy in translation. 我只读过托尔斯泰作品的译本。
Extra ExamplesI have a translation to do for Friday. 我星期五要做一个翻译。 She tried making her own translation of the contract. 她想自己翻译这个合同。 The translation of the Latin motto reads ‘Not for oneself, but for others’. 这句拉丁语格言可解释为“毋为己，只为人”。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- accurate
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- translation from
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- lose something in
- translation of something
- [uncountable] translation (of something) into something
the process of changing something into a different form 转变；转化 the translation of theory into practice 从理论到实践的转化 the translation of sporting potential into Olympic gold medals 体育潜力转化为奥运金牌
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- accurate
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- translation from
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- lose something in
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French, or from Latin translatio(n-), from translat- ‘carried across’, past participle of transferre, from trans- ‘across’ + ferre ‘to bear’.