Translation Trænzˈleɪʃn English Book Irony Lost Original I

• an error in translation
• he specializes in translation from danish into english.
• the book loses something in translation.
• the irony is lost in translation.

translation

1. the process of changing something that is written or spoken into another language
• an error in translation
• He specializes in translation from Danish into English.
• The book loses something in translation.
• The irony is lost in translation.
2. a text or work that has been changed from one language into another
• The usual translation of ‘glasnost’ is ‘openness’.
• a rough translation (= not translating everything exactly)
• a literal translation (= following the original words exactly)
• a free translation (= not following the original words exactly)
• a word-for-word translation
• I have only read Tolstoy in translation.
• a copy of Dryden’s translation of the Aeneid
3. the process of changing something into a different form
• the translation of theory into practice
• the translation of sporting potential into Olympic gold medals

Extra Examples

• I have a translation to do for Friday.
• I read the book in translation, not in the original Norwegian.
• I’ve got this translation to do for Friday.
• She tried making her own translation of the contract.
• She tried making her own translation of the sign without consulting a dictionary.
• Simultaneous translation into English is available to delegates.
• The irony is lost in translation.
• The poems do not survive the translation into English.
• The translation of the Latin motto reads ‘Not for oneself, but for others’.
• There will be simultaneous translation in English and Chinese.
• advances in machine translation

Word Origin

• Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin translatio(n-), from translat- ‘carried across’, past participle of transferre, from trans- ‘across’ + ferre ‘to bear’.