TRANSLATION


Meaning of TRANSLATION in English

/ trænsˈleɪʃn; NAmE ; trænz-/ noun

1.

[ U ] translation (of sth) (into sth) | translation (from sth) (into sth) the process of changing sth 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.

[ C , U ] 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.

[ U ] translation (of sth) into sth the process of changing sth into a different form :

the translation of theory into practice

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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.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.