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translation

noun
/tɹænzˈleɪʃən/UK/tɹænzˈleɪʃən/US

Etymology

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.

  1. derived from trānslātiō
  2. derived from translacioun
  3. inherited from translacioun — “transfer, translation”

Definitions

  1. The act of translating, in its various senses

    The act of translating, in its various senses:

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

  2. The product or end result of an act of translating, in its various senses.

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Derived

autotranslation, back-translation, bridge translation, computer-aided translation, cotranslation, fanlation, fanslation, Fortran, gyrotranslation, hypertranslation, intertranslation, loan translation, lost in translation, machine translation, mechanotranslation, mistranslation, nick translation, nontranslational, overtranslation, piezotranslation, posttranslation, pretranslation, retranslation, rototranslation, scanlation, scanslation, sight translation, supertranslation, thick translation, transcreation, transflection, translational, translationally, translationary, translation dictionary, translationese, translationless, translation memory, translation rights, translation screw · +5 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at translation. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at translation. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at translation

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA