translation
[noun]
Synonyms: interpretation, decoding, paraphrase, rendering, rendition, version

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

trans‧la‧tion /trænsˈleɪʃən, trænz-/ noun

1. [uncountable and countable] when you translate something, or something that has been translated
translation of
a new translation of the Bible
translation from
a literal translation from Arabic
She read the letter and gave us a rough translation (=she did not translate everything exactly).
I’ve only read ‘Madame Bovary’ in translation (=not in its original language).
Much of the book’s humour has been lost in translation (=is no longer effective when translated).

2. [uncountable] formal the process of changing something into a different form

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

translation
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.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

translation

do/make a translation of something
She had done a translation of the poem.
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'.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲