translation

CEFRB1

/tɹænzˈleɪʃən/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Words changed from one language into another.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    The act of translating, in its various senses:

Examples

  • Compare your translation with the one on the blackboard.

  • Set your translation against the original once again.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1

Also pronounced

  • /tɹæns-/
  • /tɹɑːnz-/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The conversion of text from one language to another.

  2. The discipline or study of translating written language (as opposed to interpretation, which concerns itself with spoken language).

  3. The conversion of something from one form or medium to another.

More examples

In context

  • This old text needs translation into modern English before it is published.

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

The blank of the novel from French to English took three months.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English translacioun (“transfer, translation”), from Anglo-Norman translacioun, from Latin trānslātiō, from trānslāt-, the supine stem of trānsferō (“to transfer, transport, transform, translate”). Equivalent to translate + -ion. Displaced native Old English wending.