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translation

[trans-lay-shuhn, tranz-] / trænsˈleɪ ʃən, trænz- /


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Orelien was the toast of the French-language literary world earlier this month, with his migration-themed story "It Was Either That or Die" selling fast and picking up prize nominations and translation deals.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

In addition, live streamers can soon enable live AI-dubbing from English to Spanish—a first step toward automatic translation into many languages.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

Doug Jamieson, of The Jam Report, external, awarded four stars and said Cregger "understands adaptation as translation rather than imitation".

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

In that sense, the market’s translation looks premature.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

Possible translation: That rickety shutter on the living room window that always smacked against the house whenever the wind blew was gone.

From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake

The majority of the film’s narrative is communicated through on-screen text — translations of archival material, superimposed in English over their original printed matter.

From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026

Oates, who penned the Pulitzer Prize-nominated “Blonde,” said that, within the world of translators, Wilson’s review “seems all the more surprising since all translations are, presumably, subjective & not equivalent to the original text.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026

It has been widely regarded as one of the greatest works of Western literature, has had various translations and is believed to have been translated into English more than 100 times.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

Instead, she is increasingly offered work proofreading machine-generated translations.

From Barron's ● May 27, 2026

Enormous folio volumes of spurious translations were published.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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