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translation
verbs
do/make a translation of something
• She had done a translation of the poem.
adjectives
a rough/free translation
(= one that is not very exact )
• It’s a rough translation but I think the meaning is clear.
an accurate/exact translation
• The most accurate translation of the word would be ‘master’.
a literal translation
(= one in which each word is translated exactly )
• First make a literal translation and then try and put it into idiomatic English.
an English/French etc translation
• He wrote the first English translation of Homer’s 'Iliad'.
transnet.ir
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noun ADJ. accurate, correct, exact | approximate, free, rough | direct, literal, straight, word-for-word | English, Japanese, etc. | simultaneous There will be simultaneous translation in English and Chinese. | automatic, machine advances in machine translation VERB + TRANSLATION do, make I've got this translation to do for Friday. She tried making her own translation of the sign without consulting a dictionary. | work on | read | survive The poems do not survive the translation into English. | lose sth in The irony is lost in translation. TRANSLATION + VERB read The translation of the Latin motto reads ‘Not for oneself, but for others’. TRANSLATION + NOUN process | service, work | facilities | exercise | equivalent PREP. for ~ Each unit of the course ends with sentences for translation. | in ~ I read the book in translation, not in the original Norwegian. | ~ into Simultaneous translation into English is available to delegates.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary