Definition: 1. The process of changing something that is written or spoken into another language. 2. A written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language. 3. A uniform movement without rotation. 4. The act of changing in form or shape or appearance.
Use 'translation' in a sentence:
1. The year 1886 witnessed the first extended translation into English of the writings of Eliphas Levi.
2. The translations bear the signs of inaccuracy and haste.
3. She rattled through a translation from Virgil's Aeneid.
4. Machine translation makes some parents raise doubts about the necessity for their children to learn foreign languages.
5. A literal translation of the name Tapies is "walls."
6. One application, called Lecture Translation, can easily translate a speech from one language into another.
7. Some writing travels badly in translation.
8. To meet these needs, DARPA issued a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for its Broad Operational Language Translation (BOLT) program.
9. Try to catch the elusive charm of the original in translation.
10. You can't really appreciate foreign literature in translation.
11. I have only read Tolstoy in translation.
12. With the help of machine translation, we can discuss all manner of subjects, even though we don't speak the same language.
13. Words appear to have many different meanings, and there's no perfect translation.
14. An English translation is now being prepared.
15. Probably a translation of the celebrated Moon Hoax, written by Richard A. Locke, and originally published in New York.
16. The English translation may have been condensed into a single more readable book.
17. The translation follows closely the original.
18. French filmmakers say American remakes are losing something in the translation.
19. Bad translation mutilates the original work.
20. A literal translation of the name Tapies is 'walls.'
21. The papers have been sent to Saudi Arabia for translation.
22. I've only read Solzhenitsyn in translation.
23. She had said it so often that Wendy needed no translation.
24. Much later he collaborated with his son Michael on the English translation of a text on food production.
25. When a book goes into translation, all those linguistic subtleties get lost.
26. However, the film wasn't favored by Chinese moviegoers at first because of the poor translation of the film title.
27. The book loses something in translation.
28. Translation is not only the meaning transition between two languages but also the connection process of two different cultures.
29. Most of the translation he did for me was complete nonsense.
30. The irony is lost in translation.
31. Translation demands utmost care.
32. He collaborated with his son Michael on the English translation of a text on food production.
33. He specializes in translation from Danish into English.
34. The theatre will provide simultaneous translation in both English and Chinese.
35. In her opinion, simultaneous translation is beyond his capabilities.
36. His translation is exceptional in its poetic quality.
37. His translation manages to be faithful to the spirit of the original.
38. Much of the wit is lost in translation.
39. The translation does not quite correspond to the original.
40. Poetry always loses something in translation.
41. The translation sacrifices naturalness for the sake of accuracy.
42. The editor is giving explanatory notes to the translation.
43. The exam consists of an essay and an unseen translation.
44. Publishers have commissioned a French translation of the book.
45. Until August of this year there was no complete translation of the New Testament in Mongolian.
46. Although the translation is not perfect, he did it to the best of his ability.
47. In doing translation, one should not alter the meaning of the original to suit one's own taste.
48. The translations were carried out with the assistance of a medical dictionary.
49. It is a word-by-word literal translation of the Chinese greetings.
