translation
noun[CorU]
uk/trænzˈleɪ.ʃən//trænsˈleɪ.ʃən/us/trænsˈleɪ.ʃən//trænzˈleɪ.ʃən/B1
something that istranslated, or theprocessoftranslatingsomething, from onelanguageto another:
(从一种语言到另一种语言的)翻译;译文Students will do oneSpanishtranslation aweek.孩子们每周做一次西班牙语翻译。
Aliteraltranslationof"euthanasia" would be "gooddeath".euthanasia 这个词从字面上翻译就是“安乐死”。
TheEnglishversionisboring-maybeit haslostsomethingintranslation(= is not as good as theoriginal).英语版读起来枯燥乏味——也许翻译得有点儿走味。
in translation
changedinto someone's ownlanguage, not in theoriginallanguage:
翻译过来的ShereadsProust in translation.她读的是普鲁斯特作品的译本。
- I havetriedtokeepmy translation asfaithfulaspossibleto theoriginalbook.
 - The novel'scomplex,imaginativestyledoes notlenditself to translation.
 - Her translation is tooliteral,resultinginheavy,unnaturalprose.
 - It's only aloosetranslation of thepoem.
 - The translation of theinstructionswas sopoorthey were justnonsense.
 
Using other languages
- Anglocentric
 - Anglocentrism
 - anglophone
 - bilingualism
 - biliterate
 - code switch
 - interpret
 - linguist
 - monolingual
 - native speaker
 - non-native
 - non-native speaker
 - non-speaker
 - pinyin
 - polyglot
 - render
 - rendering
 - signer
 - target language
 - translator