a :words that have been changed from one language into a different language:words that have been translated译本;译文
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She is working on a translation of the novel.她正在翻译这部小说
a new translation of the Iliad《伊利亚特》的新译本
an accurate translation准确的译文
a literal translation直译本
a rough/loose translation粗糙/不准确的译文
There were English translations on the menu.菜单上有英译菜名。
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I have only read Dostoevsky in translation. [=in translated form]我只读过陀思妥耶夫斯基作品的译本。
b [noncount]:the act or process of translating something into a different language翻译
Some things defy translation. [=are impossible to translate]有些东西无法翻译。
The quote loses something in translation. [=the quote does not have the same meaning or effectiveness when it is translated into another language]这段引文在翻译过程中丢掉了一些含义。
Something must have gotten lost in translation [=lost when changed from one language into another] because the joke isn't funny in English.这个笑话在翻译时肯定缺失了一些含义,因为用英语讲一点也不好笑。
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[noncount]formal:the act or process of changing something from one form to another:transformation转变;转化
the translation of economic power into political strength经济力量向政治实力的转化
: an act, process, or instance of translating: such as
a
: a rendering from one language into another
also: the product of such a rendering
b
: a change to a different substance, form, or appearance : conversion
c(1)
: a transformation of coordinates in which the new axes are parallel to the old ones
(2)
: uniform motion of a body in a straight line
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: the process of forming a protein molecule at a ribosomal site of protein synthesis from information contained in messenger RNA compare transcriptionsense 3
She is working on a translation of the novel. a new translation of the Iliad There were English translations on the menu. the translation of economic power into political strength
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ADJECTIVE | VERB + TRANSLATION | TRANSLATION + VERB | TRANSLATION + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤accurate, correct, exact, faithful, good準確的/正確的/精準的/忠實的/不錯的翻譯➤approximate, free, loose, rough大致的翻譯;意譯;不嚴謹的翻譯;粗略的翻譯➤bad, poor糟糕的翻譯▸➤direct, literal, word-for-word直譯;字面翻譯;逐詞翻譯➤prose, verse散文/詩歌翻譯➤literary, poetic, vernacular文學/詩歌/白話翻譯▸➤English, Japanese, etc.英語、日語等的譯文▸➤simultaneous同聲翻譯◇There will be simultaneous translation in English and Chinese.會有英語和漢語的同聲翻譯。➤automatic, machine自動/機器翻譯◇advances in machine translation機器翻譯的進展VERB + TRANSLATION➤do, make, produce做翻譯◇I have a translation to do for Friday.我星期五要做一個翻譯。◇She tried making her own translation of the contract.她想自己翻譯這個合同。➤provide提供翻譯▸➤work on從事翻譯▸➤read閱讀譯文▸➤survive翻譯後還存在◇The poems do not survive the translation into English.這些詩歌譯成英語神韻就沒了。◇A great writer survives any translation.一位偉大的作家經得住任何翻譯。TRANSLATION + VERB➤read解釋為⋯◇The translation of the Latin motto reads 'Not for oneself, but for others'.這句拉丁語格言可以解釋為“毋為己,只為人”。TRANSLATION + NOUN➤process翻譯過程▸➤service, work翻譯服務/工作▸➤facilities (especially BrE) 翻譯設備▸➤equivalent對應的譯文PREPOSITION➤in translation翻譯成另一種語言的◇I read the book in translation.這本書我讀的是譯本。➤translation from, translation into譯自⋯;譯成⋯◇Simultaneous translation into English is available to delegates.代表們可以聽到英語的同聲傳譯。PHRASES➤lose sth in翻譯中失去⋯◇The irony is lost in translation.反諷意味在譯文中失去了。